At 07:58 8.9.2000 -0400, you wrote: > I remember >these are often growing families with limited resources. We were there once >ourselves. I donīt seem to remember that particular part of my life. :) >I *always* inform the piano of the possibility of breaking strings. I also >have an article on this subject in my latest newsletter. How do you speak to a piano? I can just picture this; "Now Mrs. Ross, Iīm going to raise you up to pitch, but some of the strings inside you might break. Now rest assured, I will fix that, but believe me, if your strings break, it will pain me even more than it will you. <G> >Now I know I might get flamed for this one, but my hunch is that most >technicians on this list could not tell without an outside reference if a >piano >is 15 cents flat, if it is well in tune with itself. It might also help to >understand that I "float the pitch." Comments? > >Regards, >Clyde And for a real comment, what is floating pitch? Sincerely, Kristinn
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