Standard Pitch

Farrell mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
Thu, 9 Oct 2003 21:49:35 -0400


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Oh good grief. Do I have to explain everything?

He did a pitch raise and a tuning in 90 minutes FLAT?

Never mind. I was just trying to tease a little about a questionable =
choice of words.

Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Scott Jackson=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 1:43 PM
  Subject: Re: Standard Pitch


  Michael did say ALL done in 90 minutes.
  If this includes pitch raise AND tuning, sounds fair enough. If this =
is 90 minutes just for the pitch raise....... well, then I'll jump!

  Scott Jackson
  Wollongong, Australia


    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: Farrell=20
    To: Pianotech=20
    Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 12:26 PM
    Subject: Re: Compression in Soundboards


    Michael wrote:

    "And it's all done in 90 minutes flat."

    Now this is a post about adjusting piano pitch to standard pitch. =
Isn't anyone going to jump on this guy for the above statement? Or is he =
still too new to the list - honeymoon and all .......

    ;-)

    Terry Farrell


    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: "Michael Gamble" <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>
    To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
    Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 5:04 PM
    Subject: Re: Compression in Soundboards


    > Hello Don - I've frequently found, when being asked to tune a =
piano for the
    > first time, that it's anything up to a  semi-tone flat. This I =
can't abide
    > and, if the piano merits it (and considering it was built to =
withstand the
    > tension of A =3D 440) I jolly well bring it up to pitch there and =
then. I have
    > great success in doing this with no repercussions. The piano =
sounds so much
    > better - it actually almost says "thank you!" Sometimes I get one =
or two
    > broken strings - but that's rare. And it's all done in 90minutes =
flat. As
    > for your 4-5 cents flat I work with the London Philharmonic and =
such people
    > and to tune anywhere short of A =3D 440 would be courting a =
walk-out!
    > Michael G (UK)
    >=20
    >=20
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