Breaking a String

[reggaepass at aol.com]

 Garret,

I'll see what I can do, and let you know.

Alan


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Garret Traylor <hpp at highpointpiano.com>
To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 3:03 pm
Subject: RE: Breaking a String






















Alan,



Would you happen to be able to get a copy say as a .wav file?? It
might make a great ringtone or startup sound on the computer.



Kindest Regards,



Garret 



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From:
pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of reggaepass at aol.com

Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:17 PM

To: pianotech at ptg.org

Subject: Re: Breaking a String






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Here at the Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, we had a
student compose a piece a few years ago that involved breaking a string by
tuning it it ever sharper until... recording the sound, which was then
processed as part of a live laptop improvisation. ?The piano I designated
for this was an old Baldwin F. ?If memory serves, we chose a note
somewhere in the vicinity of C5 (though I don't recall exactly why). ?In
the "rehearsal", we got it to go about a fourth sharp before the
over-stressed wire gave up the ghost. ?How far sharp you can go depends on
the percentage of the breaking point the wire is at "normal" pitch. 






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YMMV. 









 

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