Very interesting question--

PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com
Tue Jan 30 07:20:06 MST 2007


I wonder what the limit is as to how far flat a piano will go if it is  never 
tuned. Let's say a piano was built in 1900, tuned many times in the  factory 
until the strings were stretched out and the tune stabilized.
If it were never tuned after that, would it reach a point, let's say,  in the 
1960's, 70's, or 80's where it would not go flat any more? And how flat  
would it end up being -- 150 cents? 200 cents? I'm curious because I've seen  many 
old uprights that were about 150 cents flat, and I wondered if they were  
ever tuned over their 100 year lifetime.
 
Jesse Gitnik
NYC
Tech since 1980
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