>You numbers guys. You think you know everything > >But how did it sound?????????????????????? > >;-) > >Terry Farrell Bright, but a whole lot prettier after it was tuned, and it did just fine. It was last tuned in April 2000, and was from 6-10bps low from octave 5 1/2 and into 7, going from 10bps low to a semitone sharp from one note to the next. A real waker upper. The other three pianos in the same convent were similar in tuning, but not as sharp at the top end. Middle on pitch, low bass sharp. I guess he really gave it his all for the sanctuary piano. In this same complex, in the "museum" room of the original wing, they have an old Chickering (about 8', I'd say), that all the tuners in town condemned as untunable twenty years ago and most of the rebuilders made estimates on. None of the estimates were accepted, so it's still dead. Beautiful but not extravagant case veneer, with a tail wide enough to intimidate an old draft horse. Massive old thing, pretty much owns the room it sits in. Looms in, might be more appropriate. In the same room, they also have a heavy but very nicely proportioned table made from a cut down square piano. Someone got the case depth just right so that in spite of all that carving, trim, and leg, it sits there quite graceful and light. Joe Garret might not be all that enthusiastic about it, but I'm pretty sure Newton would approve. Tuned in a maximum security prison and a convent all within a week. Sure hope Christmas gets past soon. I'm starting to feel like I'm living in a Fellini film. Ron N
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