Klarinet Archive - Posting 000307.txt from 2004/11

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] pitch standard
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:18:08 -0500

On 8 Nov, "David Renaud" <manonrivet@-----.ca> wrote:

> I will relate to piano since I know that so well.

[snip]

Sorry to snip your interesting stuff, but I just want to say that the problem
of making a piano sound good (including 'stretch' octaves) is very different
from the problem of making a wind chord (say) sound good, because the piano
isn't a 'harmonic' instrument in the way that a wind instrument is.

So much so, that if you play a chord on a well-tuned piano, and then, note by
note, have a wind group reproduce that chord....

...then it sounds really out of tune.

Of course, in a real situation, the wind group adjusts to minimise that
out-of-tuneness -- even when playing in unison with the piano chord, when
it's a question of choosing the most effective compromise.

Tony
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