No I just wanted to create discussion, of course I would never tune a piano a half tone sharp. I know Whitney pianos are replaceable, and I know that one normally tunes a piano at a440, but I don't see a big eal tuning a piano if necessary at a444. Lynn Rosenberg ----- Original Message ----- From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@jagat.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 10:35 AM Subject: Re: how high(low) do you go? > Whitney spinets are replaceable. Actually should have been > replaced at birth. > > Grand pianos are far more expensive, harder to replace and > plates do crack. > > We have standards, A440, so why play this game. The organ > should be retuned > > > > Lynn Rosenberg wrote: > > > > Well, when I was working for a local piano dealer back in the 70's they've > > changed hands and the name has changed but anyway, tuned 3 Whitney spinet > > pianos, they arrived from the factory a half tone sharp. I've never seen a > > piano that sharp. I just looked up in Grand spinet pianos, and the pitch of > > asharp is 466.1638. I suppose if a Whitney spinet can take, a good well > > built grand can as well. Any comments??? Lynn Rosenberg > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <kam544@flash.net> > > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 8:04 PM > > Subject: Re: how high(low) do you go? > > > > > >...How high are you willing to tune a piano, when circumstances require > > it?... > > > >Looking for parameters... > > > > > > > >Mark Potter > > > > > > I found a sanctury Baldwin M tuned to +14 cents to match the organ. I > > left > > > it there for two tunings after which time I brought it down to A440. No > > > apparent problems developed. > > > > > > Keith McGavern > > > Registered Piano Technician > > > Oklahoma Chapter 731 > > > Piano Technicians Guild > > > USA > > > > > > > > > > >
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