Grist for the Mill

[David Ilvedson]

That piano tuned in 1994 was not brought up to pitch...i.e. tuned where it was...but then I do live a sheltered life here in CA.   

David I.



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: David Vanderhoofven <david@vanderpiano.com>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Wed, 11 May 2005 21:40:00 -0500
Subject: Re: Grist for the Mill


>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


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