Unison slump

[Terry]

Phil, I think André is only partially correct. I'm convinced that at the
same time our ears improve/mature, the pianos get crappier. Several years
ago all pianos had good tenor sections - now, even in that area, crappy
strings with noises will prevent one from ever tuning a clean unison. High
treble sections - forget it - most any piano sounds like a pile of garbage
can lids being struck with a mallet. AND I KNOW IT'S NOT ME! It's the
piano's fault - they are getting crappier.

Right?   ;-)

Come tune/voice my Knabe when I get it done. Maybe your hearing will improve
(I hope so!).

Terry Farrell

> > Recently, I have been seeing some drifting of my unisons with my most
> > prized possessions in my database. I know there's a ton of factors at
> > play..atmospheric as well as condition of the piano..but I was
> > wondering if any of you have ever felt like you were in a slump as far
> > as unison tuning is concerned..or is my ear becoming much more
> > sensitive to unisons?
> >
> > A general question with no concrete answer, I know..just want to see
> > the comments on this.
> >
> > -Phil Bondi(Fl)
> >
>
> It is quite normal Phil,
>
> In most cases, it means that the hearing goes through stages.
> I have had the same thing on and off and I keep hearing new things I
> never heard before.
> (I suspect I'll end up hearing fairy tales again by the time I'm 65)
> Anyway, our hearing adapts to our experience or vice versa.
> It means that at a moment you think your hearing goes bonkers, but it
> is the other way around : your hearing has adapted to the next level.
> It means you are now in the next grade, a higher level.
> I would say : open up the champagne and slurp...
>
> EAR
>
> friendly greetings
> from
> André Oorebeek