For years as Journal editor I have tried to ride peacefully over irreconcilable differences about the "right way" to tune a piano and how to teach tuning. In coaching I have had to face the fact that some people just couldn't hear what seemed self-evident to me, and that perhaps I can't hear what seems self-evident to others.
Here is the most direct explanation of the differences in peoples' hearing, and a physiological explanation.
If we want to understand how people hear piano sounds, this is certainly an area of research to pursue!
(Thanks to my wife Dianne or sending me this link!)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/your-skull-shapes-your-hearing/------------------------------
Ed Sutton
ed440@me.com(980) 254-7413
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