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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has been my experience as a =
percussionist in
orchestras that most string players have a problem with nearly
everything.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>James ;>)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bsnook@pacbell.net =
href="mailto:bsnook@pacbell.net">Bradley M.
Snook</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 25, 2002 =
11:49
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: OFF (*was: =
neurology)To
Bradley Snook</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim, you and I am on the same page! =
Strings
should do exactly as the brass choirs: we should both strive for =
beatless
intervals. It is just we are using slightly different terminology =
to say
the same thing. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1><EM>Isn't comparing pianos and their
peculiarities to other groups irrelevant as far as temperaments go? =
When
mixing the two, the instruments that can tune "on the fly" so to =
speak, will
by necessity match the fixed instruments (i.e. =
piano).</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well . . . it is not irrelevant, it =
is actually a
big problem. String players have a very difficult time playing in a =
system of
EQT, but we do what we can. It is generally less of a problem for =
strings to
play against something like a well temperament ( . . . it is simply =
because
there are less beating intervals to be concerned with).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=1><EM>Susan K. said no =
string player
would ever play a beatless 3rd except by ineptness ... Is that
true?</EM></FONT> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No, and if she really feels that way =
. . . well I
am just glad that I have not had the pleasure to do a performance with =
her.
You are absolutely correct: sections of a really good orchestra will =
[strive
to] play beatless chords. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Bradley<FONT
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