selling the pitchraise:student's neurology and inappropriateaural reference

[Stephen Airy]

IMO, although it problably needs to be restrung, my piano sounds fairly
good between 20 and 50 cents flat of 440  (427 to 435).

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 17:34:09 -0500, "Norman Barrett"
<nbarrett@midsouth.rr.com> said:
> Susan,
> I'm sorry but I do not know any way to tell what pitch the piano was
> designed for, only that so many of them sound so much better when
> pulled up to A 440.
> 
> Norm Barrett
> Memphis chapter
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Susan Kline" <sckline@attbi.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:18 AM
> Subject: Re: selling the pitchraise:student's neurology and
> inappropriateaural reference
> 
> 
> > 
> > >
> > >The main reason that I always try to sell the pitch raise has nothing to 
> > >do with perfect pitch. The way I sell it is to show the customer how the 
> > >tone dramatically improves as the string is brought up to pitch. This is 
> > >very easy to demonstrate as the tone blooms as it comes up to pitch. This 
> > >is also the reason that I believe that the piano should be at standard pitch.
> > >
> > >Norm Barrett
> > >  Memphis chapter PTG
> > 
> > In general I agree with you, Norm -- but how about the many pianos which 
> > were built for A=435, and are in need of a pitch raise? Do you tune them to 
> > the pitch they were designed for?
> > 
> > Susan Kline 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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