[CAUT] Too tall!!??

[David Ilvedson]

Each to his/her own... '-]   I've tuned plenty of duo pianos and it is always magical.   I'll see if I can youtube the moscow chamber orchestra...so each of the strings has their vibrato exactly together...?   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Susan Kline" <skline at peak.org>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 4/7/2010 8:58:31 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Too tall!!??



>>Imagine if a string section was absolutely playing the same pitches 
>>(not likely... '-])...IMHO.

>Hi, David

>If you've ever heard the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, I think you can 
>agree that when a group of string players play absolutely together 
>and as on pitch with each other as is humanly possible, the effect is 
>ravishing!

>Any two pianos will have enough variation in voice and scaling that 
>there will be plenty of richness and variety in the sound, without 
>the out-of-focus malocclusion of having differences in temperament 
>and pitch between them.

>If you ever tune two pianos so closely together that the unisons 
>between them are as good as we usually seek on one piano, I don't 
>think you or the pianists will feel the effect is boring. It's quite 
>magical, IMO.

>Susan