<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=495225907-25072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Tuning harpsichord is a quiet job comparing to piano , nice on the ears , I've = find that it take a few moments to fight the natural tendency for us to = stretch octaves, as stretched octaves on a harpsichord tone really harsh (while = I've heard of tuning short less than pure octaves in the high treble to = obtain a frictional reinforcement effect of the higher notes ) = </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=495225907-25072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=495225907-25072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>About Mr Bach, when we imagine the cost of a tuning in those days, he may have = been very avarious not to call his regular tuner and doing the job = himself  (it was well before even the first oil breakdown is not it ?). Or may be his = colleague was not allowing him enough budget for tuning = ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=495225907-25072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=495225907-25072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Greetings.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <P><FONT size=2>Isaac OLEG<BR><BR>Entretien et réparation de pianos.<BR><BR>PianoTech<BR>17 rue de Choisy<BR>94400 VITRY sur SEINE<BR>FRANCE<BR>tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98<BR>fax : 033 01 47 18 06 = 90<BR>cell: 06 60 42 58 77 </FONT></P> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>De la = part de</B> Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> vendredi 25 juillet = 2003 06:13<BR><B>À :</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Objet :</B> Re: = Thumper Board<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No, Don. Nobody's saying that. Bach = was greater than most of the later composers, in his style. It's really incredible = the volumn and quality of his work, which was mostly done on harpsichords, = virginals, and organs. He learned to tune his own in-home instruments, = and could do it in about fifteen minutes a day, from what I have read. = After that, the piano came along, which was so hard to tune, compared to the = harpsichord, that it spawned a whole new profession; Ours.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I really love the sound of a nice, in = tune, harpsichord. Like a gigantic guitar, with bass. Love the way it feels = to play it, too.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianotuna@accesscomm.ca href="mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca">Don</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 24, 2003 = 10:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Thumper = Board</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi,<BR><BR>Nice to know that pre Baroque composers = were all duds! Do read and do<BR>listen to some of the magnificent music of = that era. PLEASE!<BR><BR>At 11:01 PM 7/24/2003 -0400, you = wrote:<BR>><BR>>I think the point is that the majority of Great Composers did not <BR>>arrive until the piano tuning industry was well in place. = Which was <BR>>why Bach was such a rarity, almost as rare as his piano. The = real <BR>>flourishing of Great Composers was made possible once = composers were <BR>>freed from the onerous task of tuning their own keyboards.<BR>><BR>>Mr. Bill<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Don Rose, = B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.<BR><BR><A = href="mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca">mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca</A= ><BR><A = href="http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/">http://us.geocities.com/drpt19= 48/</A><BR><BR>3004 Grant Rd.<BR>REGINA, SK<BR>S4S 5G7<BR>306-352-3620 or = 1-888-29t-uner<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pian= otech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>