<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> So what ur trying to sday is absolute pitch does exist in human nature...? even if its off by .1cent... thats perfect...   Alicia > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:02:21 +0000 > To: pianotech@ptg.org > From: pianotuna@accesscomm.ca > Subject: Re: Wives tales ... violin tuning > > Hi Matthew, > > While "absolute pitch" can be learned, there are a significant number of > people born with the ability. One could argue that they learned while in > the womb--but I do feel that some folks have a genetic disposition to such > abilities. > > I have one client who grew up with a piano that was 100 cents flat and was > that way before her mother became pregnant--yet her perfect pitch is > correct for A440. Clearly that was not a "learned" behavior. > > As fascinating as this topic is--it has little to do with piano tuning > except from the point of view of "satisfying the client". > > I must add that the list tries to avoid discussions involving "higher > powers" {your God may not be identical to mine} and "politics". They lead > down a path to dissension, and have nothing to do with technical > discussions of piano work. Of course, you are entitled to your own belief > structure--but freedom of speech does not include the right to "sound off" > on a technical list about them. > > > At 05:43 AM 7/1/2008 -0700, you wrote: > > After all, if you have perfect pitch, then why practice? > >pitch memory. Matthew > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > > mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 > 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner <hr />Get 5GB of online storage for free! <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000005ukm/direct/01/' target='_new'>Get it Now! </a></body> </html>