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Kanstul 1510

I used to use Bach 10.5C with my Getzen Eterna Pic. Also Schilke 11D4, but I preferred the 10.5C.

@BigDub From what I have read about PP, the ability to identify a pitch is completely unrelated to the ability to produce a particular note upon demand. Yes, a person with PP needs to be taught that "A" = 440 Hz (or whatever convention is used in the culture in question). But once they learn that convention, they can apparently always identify it.

I have a friend who worked as a music therapist (and excellent recreational musician). She said that in her entire career she only met two people with perfect pitch. Neither of them became advanced or even intermediate musicians because when they were students, playing in student bands and orchestras just kind of drove them around the bend. Perfect pitch made the cacophony of student ensembles completely intolerable to them. OTOH, it didn't seem to hurt Pavarotti very much; nor did the inability to read music.

That is sort of like assuming singers and violinists all need perfect pitch, since their "instruments" can produce a continuum of pitches. One of my old band directors said the trombone is the only instrument in the brass section that IN THEORY has the ability to play every note perfectly in tune. In practice,.... uhhh, not so much.

@Brian-Moon Dude, I'm 64 years old and a recreational player. It ain't going to happen.

Around the time that TM went dark, there was a lot of discussion / angst about the announcement from Kanstul that they needed to stop accepting new orders.
As with much news of that type, "Those who are talking don't know and those who know aren't talking." Has anyone heard anything new?