At 09:20 AM 1/30/2007 -0500, you wrote: >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 I've seen 400¢ flat... Conrad Hoffsommer There comes a time in every man's life and I've had plenty of them. -Casey Stengel
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