ET...go home

[David Love]

Now don't be too shocked by this, but I tuned a Moore temperament for
somebody myself today.  My suggestion, by the way.  A brief discussion
before I started led to an explanation of equal versus unequal temperaments.
He decided to try it.  Whatever the customer wants--within reason, of
course.

David Love


----- Original Message -----
From: "Avery Todd" <avery@ev1.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: March 05, 2002 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: ET...go home


> Ooh, Jon,
>
> Ed will love reading this! :-)
>
> Avery
>
> At 03:00 PM 03/05/02 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >sent prematurely... finished sentence is underlined.
> >
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >Today unfolded to be an interesting day.
> >
> >Yesterday, I tuned a Wurlitzer console scheduled for delivery. ET made
the
> >thing sound harsh, )like it needed help).
> >Today I retuned it in WT (Moore). What a difference. Not harsh but round
> >and sonorous.
> >I liked it so much I retuned the Kawai console going out too.
> >
> >Besides that, two very accomplished musicians came by to try a 6'4" S&S
A.
> >One plays piano and one plays violin, both Artistic Directors of area
> >chamber music festivals.
> >The violinist's organization will now get the recommendation to purchase
> >the S&S.
> >I mentioned to the piano player to try the Baldwin L next to the A. I had
> >just tuned it in WT.
> >The first chord, "WOW". He proceeded to rip through some music commenting
> >on how
> >open the music sounded. He tried the same piece on the A (ET). Although
> >the A is a far better piano
> >than the tired old L, the consensus was that the WT sounded better.  The
> >violinist asked if I could tune
> >the festival this summer in WT.  Can do.
> >
> >Comparing thirds between the WT and ET I think has made a few converts.
> >
> >Nothing like side by side comparison.
> >
> >I don't think I will give an option of WT over ET. Just do it.  What's
the
> >big deal with ET anyway?
> >
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Jon Page,   piano technician
> >Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> >mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>
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