On 4 Apr 2007 16:16:34 -0700, "rick"
bellsouth.net> wrote:
>On Apr 4, 7:00 pm, Barbara Bailey
yahoo.com> wrote:>> I didn't know you -could- tune an accordion...
>>
>
>The last guy who tuned mine actually said something to the effect that
>accordions are a bit out of tune when they're in tune. I think he was
>referring to the bass keys, which combine several notes together.
>
>Yes, they can be tuned, but it involves filing reeds. Much more
>damage than a couple of broken strings would have been done. But
>would the music world have mourned? I don't think so.
What's the definition of "perfect pitch"?
Throwing the oboe in the dumpster so that it goes right through the
bellows of the accordion.
I'll be here all week. Try the veal, and tip your waitress.
>
>> I was just watching How It's Made, that little Canadian expanded
>> version of Mr Rogers' Picture Picture, and they had a segment on grand
>> pianos. It certainly implied that there were three strings for each
>> key for the whole keyboard.
>
>Understood, but that's not the kind of piano most of us have in our
>living rooms. Or churches. Still, I'll take Itoshi's word for it
>that my own memory is faulty until I have a chance to look in one
>myself.
>
>One string or 3--that is one detour that, along with some of the
>eating tasks, I know I'd be well suited for.
Good, because I've got a tin ear.
