Perfect Pitch/a bunch of hogwash

[Tony Caught]

Hi 'Fire hoses to the ready' Bob

Thanks for saying I wrote it when I objected to it. this comment was written
by -----
Original Message -----
From: Tom Cole <tcole@cruzio.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 1999 5:17
Subject: Re: Perfect Pitch

I agree with you so don't go crook at me ......OK

Tony Caught  caute@accessnt.com.au

----- Original Message -----
From: <RptBob1@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 15 December 1999 8:09
Subject: Re: Perfect Pitch/a bunch of hogwash


> In a message dated 12/14/99 10:19:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> caute@accessnt.com.au writes:
>
> <<
>  > My piano teacher, when she was asked what is the prerequisite of
>  > becoming a musician, would answer that one must have a good ear. At the
>  > beginning of a master class with new students, the first order of
>  > business would be to check for perfect pitch. This was how she knew who
>  > was talented.
>  > >>
>  List:
> This is so much hogwash. Not wanting to add fuel to the fire but....  in
my
> long experience, I have found a tremendous lack of pitch knowledge
especially
> amongst pianists and piano teachers.  Why else would so many of them have
> their pianos tuned once every two or three years whether it is needed or
not.
>  And how can one explain the large numbers of vocal teachers I have
> encountered who really are totally unaware of whether or not not their
school
> piano is in tune.  The only time I get a call is when a unison has really
> slipped badly and is obvious to everyone in their classroom or something
is
> not working properly and I get a call to fix a note that is "out of tune".
>
> This is the rule rather than the exception- in over 30 years of Tuning.
>
> Firehoses to the ready!!
>
> Bob Bergantino, RPT
> Willoughby Hills, Ohio