Jazz tuning style?

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

I also have noticed that Jazz musicians are more sensitive to good clean
tuning than are the classical musicians.

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Ed Guerra wrote:

> It is when ever it is goodenough for jazz!  huhuhu
> 
> 
> At 09:53 AM 4/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Yesterday I tuned for a new client who just moved here (ohio) from the
> >Boston area.  Just before I began to tune he asked me to give him the
> >"jazz tuning", and NOT the "classical or pop" tuning.  It seems his tech
> >in Boston offered him a choice from three tunings - jazz, classical, and
> >pop.  In 21 years of tuning full time I have never been asked to do a
> >"jazz" tuning, even though I tune for quite a few jazz players.  So I
> >tuned the piano as I always do and he was very pleased, but I thought I'd
> >throw it out to the list to see if any light can be shed on this. 
> >Anybody have any thoughts on what exactly he may be referring to?  It WAS
> >April 1, but he insisted he was not pulling my leg....
> >
> >Mark Potter
> >bases-loaded@juno.com
> >
> Ed Guerra
> edguerra@mail.utexas.edu
> Austin, TX
>