Tuning Standard

[David Ilvedson]

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That must be a Brazilian piano...;-]

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California






Original message
From: pianotune05@comcast.net
To: Pianotech 
Received: 1/4/2006 6:13:47 PM
Subject: Re: Tuning Standard


Hi again everyone,
I wish this piano I did today was only a 1/2 step off.  It was so off t=
hat the a4 didn' t even sound like an a when first played.  I hope I di=
d the pitch raise right. I raised and tuned at the same time. Next time=
 I'm going to just match a440 and get the notes up to as close as possi=
bel then actually tune it.  Would that work?
Marshall
 
-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: David Vanderhoofven <david@vanderpiano.com> 

> Hi Arlie, 
> 
> Short answer, and sorry about the lack of time for a full answer. 
> 
> 1. Technicians who don't know how to do pitch raises or how to sell p=
itch 
> raises. 
> 2. Musicians who don't care that their piano is 1/2 step flat and/or =
don't 
> want to pay for the pitch raise. 
> 3. Pianos with extreme rust and the technician is afraid of replacing=
 
> broken strings 
> 4 Pianos with extreme rust and the customer doesn't want to pay for 
> replacing broken strings 
> 5. Worn out, moth-eaten, rusted out hulks that have received almost n=
o 
> service and the cost of the pitch raise would be more than the value =
of the 
> piano. 
> 6. Structural damage to the piano and the piano ! couldn't take the e=
xtra 
> tension on the strings without serious damage. 
> 
> Must my 2 cents: A piano that is 1/2 step flat is not suited for use =
by a 
> musician or student. A piano needs to be at the correct pitch for 
> ear-training, music lessons, performances and playing with other musi=
cal 
> instruments or recordings. It doesn't make sense to me to leave a pia=
no 
> 1/2 step flat unless the client is unwilling or unable to pay for the=
 pitch 
> correction. And if the customer is unwilling to pay for the pitch 
> correction that is necessary, they are also unlikely to pay for any o=
ther 
> needed service the piano needs. 
> 
> Just some ideas off of the top of my head. 
> Sincerely, 
> 
> David A. Vanderhoofven 
> Registered Piano Technician 
> Joplin, MO 
> 
> At 12:14 PM 1/4/2006, you wrote: 
> >A friend in Brazil has been talking to me about the ! possibility of=
 
> >beginning tuning, and I'd be glad to help out. But she says that 
> >there pianos are generally tuned 1/2 step flat. I'm curious about 
> >that. Does anyone know why that might be? Because of that, she says =

> >they have mostly limited themselves to keyboards to avoid the obviou=
s 
> >pitch/transposing challenges. 
> > 
> >Arlie Rauch 
> >Glendive, MT 
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