What do you do with a flat pi-a-no?

[damont]

The piano in the choir room is badly out of tune: most of the keys are a bit flat, and the octave below middle C is just totally FUBAR (keys wildly out of tune with each other, et cetera ad nauseam, though the nauseam kicks in pretty damn fast).

Me: "Someday I'm going to have to do something about that piano."
Choir Director: "Why?"
blaisedec: "He has perfect pitch just like [another choir member] does."
Me: "I'm just not sure if the solution involves a tuning wrench or a 12-gauge."

The women did today's anthem, which was just as well since my voice wasn't up to it (allergies, gotta make sure I do the Claritin regularly). The men are doing a 19th century Russian piece next week.

Comments

Re: Don't Shoot Me! I'm just the piano!

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

I was honestly thinking of the o-scope for simultaneous comparison of waveforms for two strings that are supposed to be tuned identically. But as I pointed out before, I'm a former physics major.

I do hope blaisedec and/or nostasia read all these comments, as it's their church... but thanks for the pointers, Maug, I appreciate 'em.