Exactly what I would do! David I. > If I had to do that here I think I'd tune each piano to its own best > tuning file and forget it. I doubt that there are very many places > where each piano is playing the same note. As I said, I don't know > about the EX so you're on your own, but I doubt that it would be THAT > radical a departure from the other 3. > > Good luck with the gig. It sounds like fun. > > dave > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 3/6/2002 at 12:01 PM Wolfley, Eric (WOLFLEEL) wrote: > > >Hello fellow cauts and caucts, > > > >We have an interesting scenario here and since it well may be a > situation > >unique to our environments, I am interested in everyone's opinion on > the > >subject. Our Chamber Choir, Chorale and Percussion Group are > performing > >Stravinsky's Les Noces this weekend. I'm not familiar with this > piece (yet) > >but it calls for 4 pianos. As it turns out, we can place 4 concert > grands > >onstage our large auditorium without any hassle. The interesting > aspect of > >this setting is that the 4 pianos consist of a Steinway D, a Yamaha > CFIIIs, > >a Kawai EX, and a Baldwin SD-10. I'll bet everyone can guess the > next > >question: How would you tune these pianos to each other? My > assistant > >Lawrence Becker is the lucky guy assigned to that hall and is up > there > >tuning right now for the first rehearsal using his Accutuner III. > With > >instruments this dissimilar, my instinct is to pick the file of the > piano > >that seems the most middle of the road and tune all 4 pianos to the > same > >tuning file. In the past, I've experimented matching up 2 similar > pianos in > >various ways (I use a cybertuner) with equally adequate and > interesting > >results, but have not encountered a challenge like this before. What > would > >you do?? I'm sure Lawrence will appreciate any input when he returns > from > >his investigations. > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Eric Wolfley, RPT > >Head Piano Technician > >Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music > >University of Cincinnati > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > _____________________________ > David M. Porritt > dporritt@mail.smu.edu > Meadows School of the Arts > Southern Methodist University > Dallas, TX 75275 > _____________________________ > >
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