A tuning question

[David Ilvedson]

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You never know exactly what's going to happen to pitch...the=
 solution?  Don't be such a stickler for A440.  Sharp of A440 is=
 just find.   Leave it where it's at and what happens next time.

David I.







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Received: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:37:26 EST
Subject: A tuning question




Greetings, 

               In Feb '04 I tuned two church pianos that were=
 below pitch. They were  down at about A430 or less. After I was=
 done they were A440. I did pitch raises. This year, I went back=
 and found that both pianos were about 10 cycles sharp...and this=
 is February...the heat has been on for 4+ months the things=
 should be flat, if anything, right? But nooo.... they're sharp.=
 

              On the first piano, (a Kawaii studio upright) I=
 thought: "Ok this is in a basement (choir rehearsal room) and it=
 could be that moisture absorbed into the thing and so it's=
 sharp". However, when I got upstairs to the sanctuary ( a=
 Steinway console)  piano, its even sharper(!) (about 3 cycles=
 sharper than the one in the basement) and a little business card=
 of another tuner is in there; a date on it reads: 
8-9-04  A440...along with a list of other dates that indicated=
 that they were tuned twice a year by this tuner. (That card with=
 dates was in there last February too).

              I am a stickler for A440 so today I took each of=
 the pianos and made them A4440 again. My question is: WHY? Why=
 were these pianos so ***@#$*#$%^% sharp!!!??
Could it be that the other tuner turned them up in August 04=
 after I was there in Feb '04?  The story was when I was called=
 in that were tuned regularly by this other tuner, (the card=
 indicated such)  Yet, the pianos were so flat when I was called=
 in, in Feb '04 that I had to pull them both up....what=
 gives????


Julia Gottchall. 
Reading, PA


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