Subj: Reajusting pitch question

[Jon Page]

Good point Ed,
Not every tuning has to be dead on 440.
For instance, A school here has the pianos tuned
only twice a year. In September they are sharp.
I tune them there, and by December; they are only a
little flat. Had they been set a 440 in Sept (req, 2 tunings)
They would need another 2 in Dec/Jan. All that
wrenching of the pins takes its toll on the blocks of these
tired, old grands. (not to mention budget restraints)
The same holds true for home tuning. Say in Oct/Nov,
I'll tune slightly sharp (442) to allow for the heat to drop the pitch.
In May/June , flat (438) allowing for summer humidity.
A voice teacher prefers her piano tuned really sharp (445 or so)
to make her students work harder.
Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 10:55 AM 2/2/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Michel Lachance writes;
>
>>>The problem I see with the offset-tuning is that you cannot accurately
>>>proceed a pitch-raise with it, or tell me if I am wrong.  If I intend
>>>to pitch raise, the reference the SAT will rely on will be the stored
>>>tuning and not the offset tuning.
>
>      Michel,  I wonder if what you want to do is to plug your offset in
>BEFORE you put an FAC tuning into memory.  This way, your tuning is stored at
>the offset, and your pitchraise calculator will make all the necessary
>correction to raise or lower pitch to the offset standard.
>     I have 6 cent offset tunings, (both sharp and flat), for all the sizes
>of Steinways I maintain.  Where the situation does not demand A-440,  I find
>stability is greatly enhanced by letting the pianos  live 6 cents sharp in
>the summer, and 6 cents flat in the winter.  These limits usually allow the
>bass strings not to be tuned down much in the high humidity season.  The
>tunings really stay together better when they are not cranked up and down
>twice a year.
>     When a person buys a SAT,  they should get all the memory they can,
> there are all sorts of things that can be done with it.  ( like 5 or six
>well-temperaments for all the usual grands that one tunes?)
>
>Regards,
>Ed Foote
>Precision Piano Works
>Nashville, Tn
>
>

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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