Hi Howard I have noticed the drop on the SAT too. Basically all that has happened is the note has slightly gone out of tune.The note is no longer in unison. Regards Murray ----- Original Message ----- From: "David M. Porritt" <dporritt@post.cis.smu.edu> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 5:36 AM Subject: Re: ETD question re: unisons > Howard: > > Yes, it is easy to check with an ETD, and yes on some notes there is a drop. Why???? I have no idea! > > dave > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 2/14/01 at 10:47 AM Howard S. Rosen wrote: > > >Hi everyone, > > > >Since I know nothing about ETD's my question might be naive. Nevertheless > >here goes: I believe that Virgil's assertion that a 3 string unison is > >flatter than each of the single strings heard singly, is a bit questionable > >or should I say not fully accepted. Wouldn't it be easy and conclusive to > >check this thesis by using an ETD to measure this? Thanks! > > > > > >Howard S. Rosen, RPT > >7262 Angel Falls Ct. > >Boynton Beach, Fl 33437 > > > >hsrosen@gate.net > > > > > David M. Porritt > dporritt@swbell.net > Meadows School of the Arts > Southern Methodist University > Dallas, TX 75275 > >
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