44 Cents Low

[Avery Todd]

List,

   Something I haven't seen mentioned yet. Is it potentially harmful to the
piano to be that low? I've always thought one of the reasons we did pitch
adjustments was that the piano was designed to at the A-440 level because
of tension, glue joints, tone, etc. Is this not correct?

Avery

>List--from Sy Zabrocki:
>
>For about six months a music director from a large church asked me to
>tune 3 pianos low. I was reluctant to do this but finally caved in.
>One was a Kawai KG-2 and 2 old uprights. In fact he even gave me a
>tuning fork which measured 44 cents low on the Accu-tuner.
>
>Sy Zabrocki--RPT

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