Lower tension scales need lighter boards and vice versa. If the board is compromised somewhat in terms of stiffness, why wouldn't reducing the tensions help somewhat? David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Phil Bondi Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 4:58 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Killer Octave... so what ? Ric, why did you tune down to 436 in the first place? I can understand the bass being improved, but the killer octave? We have to take your word on it..but why the 24 cent pitch reduction? -Phil Bondi(Fl)
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