This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I hear a 68 year old piano on an old recording of a Chicago Blues jazz = boogie woogie player, Albert Ammons. The piano sounded out of tune. I = often comment to my wife how some pianos sound out of tune on = recordings, even in some of the 50s and 60s oldies I 've noticed out of = tuneness in their pianos as I listened.=20 Marshall ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Joseph Garrett=20 To: pianotech=20 Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:49 PM Subject: Re: Lovely OverDamper Piano Terry "the Farrell" asked: "=20 How is it we "know" how pianos originally sounded 100+ years ago? I = know =3D some piano tuners are old, but........" Terry, The answer, IMHO, is to do a complete/meticulous Restoration, (as = opposed to Rebuilding/Remanufacturing/Overhauling/Fiddling with.<G>), of = a few. Once one has done this, you begin to have a clearer idea what = that sound was. Although, not as accurate as a time machine, it's what = we've got to go on. Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/85/43/61/24/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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