15 note tunings???

[David ilvedson]

> Date:          Sun, 14 Sep 1997 22:35:31 +0100
> To:            pianotech@ptg.org
> From:          Barrie Heaton <Piano@forte.airtime.co.uk>
> Subject:       Re: 15 note tunings???
> Reply-to:      pianotech@ptg.org

Barrie,

I would imagine that one of the pianos was a 1/4 tone flat to 
other?  In that case the pianist did indeed have to have their 
timing down.  It almost seems impossible...

Which reminds me of a time in SF when ACT was doing a production 
that included the "Devil" himself in some scenes.  They wanted 
one piano tuned a 1/4 tone flat to play when the "Devel" was 
onstage or referred to.  Very eerie....the switch from A440 to a 
1/4 tone flat..

David ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA


> We did some experiments when I was at college with quarter tone tuning,
> however, we used two pianos rather than just one.   Apparently a lot of
> early music was wrote for quarter tone.  
> 
> Perhaps that is what your jazz friend is referring too.  You can get
> some quite nice sounds out of this scaling if done on two pianos. The
> two pianists must get there timing  right, the pieces I heard played on
> the two pianos at College, were specially written to demonstrate quarter
> tones it was strange to the ear, but nice. One of the pieces was a jazz
> piece.  
> 
> Barrie.
> 
> In article <2.2.32.19970913221833.006b8d0c@dlcwest.com>, Don
> <drose@dlcwest.com> writes
> >Hi all,
> >
> >A jazz performer I know has been asking me about *15 note* tunings. Does
> >anyone have any idea what he means??? Is it a 15 note octave system?
> >Regards,
> >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
> >"Tuner for the Centre of the Arts"
> >drose@dlcwest.com
> >3004 Grant Rd.
> >REGINA, SK
> >S4S 5G7
> >306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
> >
> >
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