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Re: ,Language' in language name?

From:Padraic Brown <agricola@...>
Date:Friday, November 30, 2001, 22:50
Am 30.11.01, Josh Roth yscrifef:

> >Who's to say!? I don't speak Cristoforese, so really can't comment. > >Probably what mine is saying when I touch the keys is "Look here, > >you SOB! You haven't had me tuned in 10 years; you _still_ haven't > >fixed my small c ribbon _OR_ my c' hammer stick _OR_ replaceed my > >great Eb string!" Yada, yada. I guess I should be happy it's still > >talking at all! [And for all that, it's not really too out of tune. > >They could really build things in the Good Old Days!] > > In that case, our pianos should get together for a chat - they have a lot in > common :-) > Its funny, I almost don't even want to bother getting it tuned now - lack of > tuning adds character!
I tried tuning it once (hence the need for an Eb string) :S and would like to give it a real go so I can try different temperments. I'm kind of tired of Unequal Brownian Temperment [where the strings randomly choose to flatten or sharpen]. Padraic. -- Bethes gwaz vaz ha leal.