David, My thoughts exactly. But when the intonation in relation to other instruments is important, I guess one can't fault the first performer arriving for doing a check. But for a solo piano concert, I bet an extremely small percentage of performers, or piano technicians for that matter, would be able to tell for sure, without any outside reference, whether the piano is at A439 or A442. That's partly why I react negatively to the thought that every piano in every situation has to be tuned at A440, as was suggested on this list a couple weeks ago by someone (I don't remember who), especially on average pianos in private homes. Regards, Clyde Hollinger, RPT Lititz, PA, USA David Love wrote: > If they have to pull out their little Korgs then they probably can't really > tell. Guy Nichols wrote: > > While I agree with the placebo effect (I'll never forget the praise I > > got for an improvement that never happened), I have to disagree about the > > artists "not noticing". Many I've tuned for have pulled out little > > electronic tuners to check the piano, especially when in trio, or the > like.
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