Pitch Raise Oddity

[Avery Todd]

Hi Terry,

    I've run into this several times over the years. Invariably, the 
previous tuner
was "advanced" in age, shall we say, so I could only assume that like usually
happens to all of us eventually, he'd begun to lose his hearing in the high
treble. I only hope if this happens to me, someone will have the courage to
tell me about it!!!!!!  :-)

Avery

At 05:13 PM 08/31/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I ran into a situation today that I have run into many times before and have
>no explanation for (today's was kinda an extreme example). I wonder if some
>of you folks might understand what is going on.
>
>A1959 Kakauer 40" console. The owner said he knew for a fact that it had
>been at least 25 years since it was last tuned. I played it. No reason to
>doubt his recollection. 80 cents flat in bass, 100 cents flat in tenor, and
>up to 150 cents flat (A7) in treble.
>
>Oddity: B87 and C88 were about 25 cents sharp. WHY??? :-(  Why is C88 so
>often near pitch or sharp, and the rest of the poor neglected piano quite
>flat? Any ideas?
>
>Terry Farrell
>Piano Tuning & Service
>Tampa, Florida
>mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com