Grist for the Mill

[David Vanderhoofven]

5 cents per year?  Quite conservative.  Happens all the time.  Tuned a 
Kimball studio today, last tuned in 1994.  The worst note was 92 cents 
flat, average 30 to 50 cents flat overall.  I would say 5 cents pitch drop 
per year is quite conservative and happens very often in Missouri.

Actually, pianos that get tuned on an annual basis, with no humidity 
control often have a 10 to 20 cent pitch correction needed, and often 
more.  You are living a sheltered life!  It would be nice to live in a 
place where pianos stayed at the correct pitch.

David Vanderhoofven
Joplin, MO

At 09:03 PM 5/11/2005, you wrote:
>5 cents per year? Quite unreasonable. With only one exception, pianos that 
>I tune regularly - at least once per year (and most only once per year) - 
>never need a pitch raise - and if any were 5 cents flat, it would need a 
>pitch raise. Two cents or less per year would be my estimate. Do you find 
>pianos that have not been tuned for 10 years to be 50 cents flat? I find 
>that it takes more like 25 or 30 years (or more) to go 50 cents flat.
>
>Terry Farrell