Wives tales ... violin tuning

[Richard Brekne]

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 
<<absolutely>> 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