Pitch

[Farrell]

I get the feeling that this thread is arguing about two different beasts.
>From what I gather, the typical 100 year old piano in England is a birdcage,
originally of low quality, originally designed for some lower pitch, and
worn out. In North America the typical 100 year old piano is of decent to
good original quality, originally designed for A440 (or at least a lot of
them), and yes, worn out also - but with potential (not that it is worth
putting the work into many of them).

This is "Mr. A-440" or else speaking: The few times I have had the
"opportunity" to tune a birdcage, my first thought was NOT about getting
that little pile of matchsticks up to A-440!

Two different beasts here I think.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Wilson" <pianotechnicianuk@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: Pitch


SNIP
>
> I agree with what you say about little Johnny learning
> the right pitch - but it is horses for courses, a 100
> year old piano is a different animal and maybe is not
> the right thing for a beginner to learn on. The touch
> and tone are different too.  A parent that says "any
> old thing will do to learn on" is not serving his
> child well.  What is 'tin ear' by the way?  I learned
> on a Victorian piano at old pitch, and accepted that
> it was a semi-tone flat.  Eventually, I got a new
> piano and I got used to the higher pitch in no time at
> all, it's not that big a deal.
>
> Again, this is all just my opinion so it's probably
> just nonsense!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bob Wilson.
> London.
>
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