Did you learn that from the "Niles" Bryant course??[?] On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote: > Isn't that that new "West Nile" tuning? > > JB > ------------------------------ > *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of > Amadeus Piano [amadeuspiano at comcast.net] > *Sent:* Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:04 PM > > *To:* pianotech at ptg.org > *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Perfect Fifths and mosquitoes > > What a great idea! > > I’m thinking of adding a step to my tuning procedure and carrying a couple > of jars of mosquitoes with me to check my fifths. > > One jar for a female and another full of males… (since I’ll have to keep > flattening the males to get the interval just right). > > Gary > > > > *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On > Behalf Of *paul bruesch > *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2009 11:54 PM > *To:* pianotech at ptg.org > *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Perfect Fifths and mosquitoes > > > > So... if you flatten the higher-pitched male, you'd narrow the fifth, > right? And obviously it would follow that flattening the lower-pitched > female, you'd expand it. > AnOnAnOn > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> wrote: > > I still love to smash them. > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Amadeus Piano <amadeuspiano at comcast.net> > wrote: > > I heard this on the radio a while back and thought you all might find it > interesting. > > If the male mosquito can’t modulate the frequency of his beating wings to > what’s close to a perfect fifth combined with the female’s, he’s out of > luck. > > Pretty neat stuff. > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99133147 > > (click on the “Listen Now” link to hear the program) > > > > > > And I saw this documentary the other day on Netflix on demand, but it will > be playing tonight on PBS: > > > > The Music Instinct / Science and Song<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/musicinstinct/> > > > > Very interesting. Well worth watching. Goes into music and evolution, the > physics of sound, and music and the brain, etc. > > > > Enjoy, Gary > > > > > -- > Ryan Sowers, RPT > Puget Sound Chapter > Olympia, WA > www.pianova.net > > > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090725/bdd7d7c0/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 611 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090725/bdd7d7c0/attachment-0001.gif>
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