Sam and List - I occasionally find the last five or six notes gone sharp when I come to a piano I have been tuning regularly for maybe ten or fifteen years. I KNOW I did not tune them that way. And I've observed that neglected pianos seem to drop more in the treble than elsewhere. What causes going sharp in pianos regularly tuned and not stretched beyond the amount a 2:1 octave indicates? Does it have anything to do with closeness to the end of the bridge/end of the soundboard? Maybe Sam Grossner has a point: In a message dated 97-04-12 14:33:25 EDT, you write: << Another factor could be atmospheric shift of the bridges via the soundboard. The shorter the string, the more a shift in the bridge will effect it, being a great proportion of its speaking length. >> Bill Maxim, RPT
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