Jesse, I don't really have an answer to your question but I've tuned more than one piano over the years that was app. a minor 3rd flat! Avery At 08:20 AM 1/30/2007, 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070130/60ec342f/attachment-0001.html
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