> the Baldwin 7' was a church > sanctuary piano, and it needed to be tuned for normal use. It is always best to inquire about the situation after the performance. In the above case I would have compromised the Baldwin up to a cent and tuned all three to the same curve. The Balswin will be in tune and the others will be playable, very likely far more so than before you came. I did a lot of two piano tuning in New York and learned a few things the hard way. At Rutgers all keyboard instructors had two pianos and one time I had to do six together. Talk about a circus!! All major performance venues had two pianos and were often used for concerto or two piano work. I love to here to pianos played together and I love four hand music as well. A bad tuning can ruin the music. As I said before unisons (two pianos together) and octaves are more important than a perfect temperament on both. _We_ can hear the difference _IF_ we analyze the tunings on the stage but from the audience there is likely only one tune in a hundred that could. COnsider how many in the audience could discern a slightly off temperament and an excessive stretch on one piano. Individual perfection is less the issue than sounding good together. Newton
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