Do you tune a Square Grand to A-440?

[Jim Johnson]

I will restate my first comment.  "I do not tune square grands."  (The last one I did was about 15 years ago and I had back problems for several weeks following the experience so I stopped doing them.)

You are absolutely right.  The last 1/4 century was 1975-2000.  I need to be whipped with a recently boiled old bass string for being so stupid.  
Jim
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  From: Farrell 
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  Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 5:29 AM
  Subject: Re: Do you tune a Square Grand to A-440?


  "I don't tune square grands to any pitch."  Neat trick. Tunings must go real fast. How do the pianos sound with this approach? What does this approach involve - not altering center string pitch and tuning its unisons to it? Ever been called a year later to tune again?

  "...used a lot during  the last 1/4 century."  I'm pretty sure that from 1975 to 200 most pianos were tuned to Standard International Pitch of A=440 Hz.

  Anon
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    I don't tune square grands to any pitch.  If you want to try it, tune it to the old International pitch of A-435 which was used a lot during  the last 1/4 century.
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      I have a client that has a newly strung square grand, should it be tuned to A-440?  Someone told me that square grands were not tuned to A-440 but lower.  

      Which pitch then, if I may ask?

      Thank you,

      Tim
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