SV: Honky Tonk sound

[Ola Andersson]

I never done this but I'm thinking that if I did it I would detune the third and forth string in each "6 string section" so I detune the same string. I got the idea that it would be easier tune it back this way. 

Ola Andersson


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Richard Moody <remoody@midstatesd.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: Honky Tonk sound


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> >my idea was to tune one of the CC DOWN
> > slightly. No one has taken me up on the offer yet, so I haven't actually
> > done it.
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> > Have any others tried this? How did you do it? Did it work well? Did you
> > retune the piano afterwards to normal?
> >
> > Wally Scherer
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> I got called to "detune" a piano for a rental agency.  The clients wanted a
> honky tonk sound.   I didn't know whether they wanted to hear thumbtacks on
> the hammers or an out of tune piano.  I detuned several  notes by knocking
> one string of the unison down.  They liked the sound so I did the rest of
> the piano.  I tuned them down because I thought it would be easier tuning
> them back up.  Besides that is the way strings go out of tune in your
> typical honky tonk piano.
> ---ric
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