[CAUT] A=440 once again

[Andrew Anderson]

We've talked about it.  They were going to sue Steinway to get the  
piano replaced for other belly issues, then there was a change in  
administration and such exotic issues got back burnered.  I personally  
did not want to be in the middle of that issue so have only addressed  
it as I am asked to.

Andrew Anderson


On Nov 11, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote:

> Thanks, Ron.
>
> Andrew, have you tried attaching a riblet on this piano?
>
> br
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 4:05:10 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada  
> Central
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] A=440 once again
>
>
>
> Barbara Richmond wrote:
> > I'm interested in hearing the explanation for that.  Maybe Ron N can
> > explain it.
>
> Not in any detail. It's an impedance matching thing, I think.
> The target range through which the board responds to the
> string scale isn't very wide at best, and narrows as the piano
> ages and the board deteriorates. Killer octaves get worse in
> dry seasons for that reason, and less bad in damp, and move up
> and down scale with the seasons. It's an artifact of
> (formerly) high compression panels.
> Ron N
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andrew Anderson" <andrew at andersonmusic.com>
> > To: caut at ptg.org
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:55:09 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada  
> Central
> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] A=440 once again
> >
> > One thing I've noted when moving the pitch on S&S Ds is that the
> > higher you go the worse the "killer octave" gets.  I've been  
> keeping a
> > D in a poorly controlled climate at 441 because concert lighting and
> > audience temperature change are more then enough to pull it down to
> > 440 or even lower.    We had it at 442 for a while but octaves five
> > and six sure sound a lot better lower at 441 even better at 440 or
> > lower.
> >
> > Andrew Anderson
>
>
>

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