[Harp-L] Re: XB-40 and Jazz on Diatonic

["Jonathan Metts" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Renowned pianists refuse to play in concert if any key is slightly out of 
tune.
They always demand perfect pitch notes played."

Those poor, homeless renowned pianists.  They should be less picky, maybe 
they would get to play a concert once in their lives.  You see, it's 
impossible for every key on a piano to be in tune simultaneously.  The most 
common tuning, therefore, is for every key to be slightly out of tune, but 
just very slightly, and this strategy keeps any key from being way out of 
tune.  You could perfectly tune one side or the other, at least a few keys 
at a time, but it sounds horrible when you start playing on the other side.

Harp content: Can someone tell me if diatonic harps are the same way, or are 
they short enough that you can successfully have the whole instrument in 
tune at once?

Jonathan Metts