In light of Don comments, this is a reply from the man in my chorus. John is a retired math/physics professor. At the time he wrote this this, he was a professor at Samoa Community College. Wim -----Original Message----- From: John Flanigan <johnf at hawaii.edu> To: wimblees at aol.com Sent: Tue, Dec 15, 2009 9:51 am Subject: Re: Fwd: Bösendorfer Imperial lowest note More interesting discussion. Reminded me of a paragraph I wrote some years ago about the natural science of American Samoa. Regarding ocean waves, I wrote: "Two major behavioral characteristics of the ocean are discussed here—the waves and the tides. Everything else of concern derives from one or both of these phenomena. "Every wave has a history: Small ripples from the splash of cresting waves, chop from local wind, swells from distant storms, oscillations from land reflections, and the premier long-period wave, that of the solunar tide. If our senses were attuned to such low frequencies, we would be aware of the polyphonic warble of the ocean waves. From the tiniest soprano ripples with frequencies around 15 hertz down to the deep pedal-notes of the two-cycles-per-day tide (24 octaves below middle G), the ocean produces a silent symphony that has played for thousands of millions of years and will continue for thousands of millions more. ..." ----- Original Message ----- From: wimblees at aol.com Date: Monday, December 14, 2009 9:26 pm Subject: Fwd: Bösendorfer Imperial lowest note To: johnf at hawaii.edu > Below is the post I got from a piano tuner in New Zeland, regarding the Imperial Bosendorfer. > > Wim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Becroft <rachmad at becroft.co.nz> > To: wimblees at aol.com > Sent: Mon, Dec 14, 2009 12:39 am > Subject: Bösendorfer Imperial lowest note > > http://www.contrabass.com/pages/frequency.html > > Bösendorfer Imperial lowest note - C0 > > I own the above piano, I assume the webpage of frequencies will be roughly > correct, although it looks like it is a strict mathematical model only. > Otherwise do another google search. > > Simply the piano has 9 extra notes continuing down to C0 from the normal > lowest note A0 on most pianos. > > Especially the very low notes do not sound musical on their own, but as > part of a wider chord it adds more to the mass of sound. There are some > compositions written using these notes , I think the list was on the > Bösendorfer homepage. I love the piano. > > I have posted some pics of it on the The Well-Tempered Forum plus a heap > of other piano related stuff, hope you might post there if you have some > interesting pics...:-) > > Saw the pic of you and your two kids on your website. > > bye, best wishes > > Brian Becroft > New Zealand > > > -------- > > http://well-temperedforum.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9030004433/m/9600093343/p/223 http://well-temperedforum.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9030004433/m/9600093343/p/189 http://well-temperedforum.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9030004433/m/9600093343/p/200 > > Also the Alexander: > http://well-temperedforum.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9030004433/m/9600093343/p/190 > > Here - what about the huge Beach Pianos, the Sweet Patooti and the > Clusterflux! > > http://well-temperedforum.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9030004433/m/9600093343/p/192 > > Stunning old pianos and then a piano encased in ice... > > http://well-temperedforum.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9030004433/m/9600093343/p/193 > > Play Me - I'm Yours - and the amazing Sand... > > http://well-temperedforum.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9030004433/m/9600093343/p/194 > > > The piano Hell, the Roy El, Piano Sandwiches, the Crown, Storytone and > three legs in conversation! > > http://well-temperedforum.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9030004433/m/9600093343/p/197 > > etc etc etc!! Keep on looking, its a real education. > > regards > Brian > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091215/1a155891/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: johnf.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 269 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091215/1a155891/attachment-0001.vcf>
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