Wives tales ... violin tuning

[Kerry]

Alicia,

 

Please take this in the spirit in which it's offered but your writing style
bothers me. Text-messaging shortcuts make sense on a cell phone keypad, but
are jarring (to me at least) in other contexts. You've made some interesting
observations in your emails (and I understand that email is by nature
informal) but in my opinion a careless writing style, poor spelling, etc.,
detract from what you're saying. I'm not trying to tell you or anyone else
what you can or can't do, but I will say that I find myself giving more
weight to the thoughts of those who take the time to express themselves
clearly and without typos.

 

I don't mean to pick on you and you're certainly not alone in this (consider
the poor example set recently at the highest levels of government). I just
strongly feel that email is still writing, and sloppy writing leads to
sloppy thinking. Yours just happened to be the straw that tipped me over. 

 

Just my two cents worth (deliberate sentence fragment ;-). I'm going
upstairs to put on my flame-proof suit now.

 

 

Kerry Kean

Kent, Ohio

 

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From: A E [mailto:eve_ane at hotmail.co.uk] 
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 9:04 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: RE: Wives tales ... violin tuning

 

I messed around with my friends before who are tied down in musical field,
they randomly pressed keys on my piano and 9 out of10 i got it spot on... a
few years ago i had a friend (may he rest in peace) who could tell  u
exactly how sharp of flat the note was, and get it withing 1-2 cents....
there is such a thing i think.... it comes with experience, and knowing ur
instrument... or in my case probably sheeer dumb luck...! 
U cant speak for everyone in this world Matt, u dont know what people can
and can not do..
as for human perfection... well in that case, perfection is in the eyes of
the beholder, and no one else matteres...
 
Alicia



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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:57:58 -0700
From: toddpianoworks at att.net
Subject: Re: Wives tales ... violin tuning
To: pianotech at ptg.org

There is no such thing as PERFECT pitch, only relative pitch.  It someone
had perfect pitch, it would mean it would have to be perfect, and besides
Jesus Christ, I have yet to see a human that was perfect.  If indeed this
customer had perfect pitch, they could be able to tell you that the note was
four cents flat.  But because she said the note sounded like a "d", it is
relative.

 

Matthew

Richard Brekne <ricb at pianostemmer.no> wrote:

Yes... a good sense of relative pitch memory is an interesting thing 
indeed. Its just that it would be best for all concerned if it were kept 
better in perspective... i.e. words like Perfect and Absolute left out 
of it. Severely extreme cases of pitch sensitivity are more a handicap 
then an asset. Fortunately... there are very very few on this planet 
that actually suffer to that degree....and correspondingly few that 
could with any hint of justification fnyss at someone else for erring 
<> pitchwise.

Cheers
RicB


I had a customer a few days ago, whose piano I tuned 2 years ago. 
She played some notes and said how flat they were...the piano in
general sounded reasonable. I got started and the piano was indeed
about 4 cents flat and 7 in the treble. When done I asked her if
she had perfect pitch...wasn't sure. I played a D and she said that
sounded like a D...pretty cool...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA 94044

 

 

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