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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've have had clients who could name the notes in a
chord, it did not matter how you stacked them up, 6, 8 10 notes, no problem.
That's really not pitch, but it sure impresses me. No such thing as perfect, I
agree.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=toddpianoworks@att.net href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew
Todd</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 30, 2008 5:57 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wives tales ... violin
tuning</DIV>
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<DIV>There is no such thing as PERFECT pitch, only relative pitch. It
someone had perfect pitch, it would mean it would have to be perfect, and
besides Jesus Christ, I have yet to see a human that was perfect. If
indeed this customer had perfect pitch, they could be able to tell you that
the note was four cents flat. But because she said the note sounded like
a "d", it is relative.</DIV>
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<DIV>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>Richard Brekne <ricb@pianostemmer.no></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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a good sense of relative pitch memory is an interesting thing <BR>indeed.
Its just that it would be best for all concerned if it were kept <BR>better
in perspective... i.e. words like Perfect and Absolute left out <BR>of it.
Severely extreme cases of pitch sensitivity are more a handicap <BR>then an
asset. Fortunately... there are very very few on this planet <BR>that
actually suffer to that degree....and correspondingly few that <BR>could
with any hint of justification fnyss at someone else for erring
<BR><<ABSOLUTELY>> pitchwise.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB<BR><BR><BR>I had a
customer a few days ago, whose piano I tuned 2 years ago. <BR>She played
some notes and said how flat they were...the piano in<BR>general sounded
reasonable. I got started and the piano was indeed<BR>about 4 cents flat and
7 in the treble. When done I asked her if<BR>she had perfect pitch...wasn't
sure. I played a D and she said that<BR>sounded like a D...pretty
cool...<BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, CA
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