[CAUT] why does it feel better?

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Wim,
Do you really want to pick up that dirty Pampers and throw it away.
Just my thought but I think a freshly tuned piano draws a musician into the
soul of the music. Making everything  it easier to make music. The musician
Wants to touch and fully manipulate that sound, not just pick it up with as
little contact as possible, like that soiled didy.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willem Blees" <wblees at bama.ua.edu>
To: "CAUT" <CAUT at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:44 AM
Subject: [CAUT] why does it feel better?


> Many times over the years, I have had customers tell me the piano felt
> better after I tuned it. One of those times was last week.
>
> We have 2 D's in our Concert Hall, one about 25 years old, and the
> other just 4 years old. The new one is not being played much. On the
> advice of Ed Foote, I put a Coleman II on the piano. We had convo on
> Friday, and I brought out both pianos for the piano professor to try
> out. He didn't say anything about the tuning, but he did say the new
> one "felt" better. Another professor also mentioned that the piano
> played better than ever before.
>
> So why does tuning the piano, not just a regular ET tuning, but also a
> historical tuning, make the piano feel different?
>
> Wim
> Willem Blees, RPT
> Piano Tuner/Technician
> School of Music
> University of Alabama
> Tuscaloosa, AL USA
>