Birdcage pitch raise

paul bruesch paul at bruesch.net
Mon Jul 9 21:04:11 MDT 2007


But if the piano was designed with A435 (or less) in mind, pitch
"correcting" it to A440 is wrong.

And to add on to Del's response... or the Piano Teacher!

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On 7/9/07, JWyatt1492 at aol.com <JWyatt1492 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  Hello to All,
>
>    To lump all "Birdcage"  pianos into one category,
> one quality range  or one condition just does not
> make sense.
>
>   Many of these pianos are made much stronger than
> others.  We as technicians must evaluate  each piano
> ON  ITS  OWN  MERIT.
>
>     It is a disservice to the public to say things like
>  "all black pianos are bad"  this is the same as saying
> that no Birdcage pianos cannot be raised  SUCCESSFULLY
>  to 440.
>
>    I have personally raised pitch on many of these
> pianos with no adverse effects.
>
>   Our profession seems to have a propensity to lump
> each item into one category.
>
>     If you are guilty of this type of conduct I respectfully
>   say stop. We owe it to the profession we share.
>
>    If  a person cannot get the truth about Pianos from a
> Piano technician.  THEN WHO ????
>
> Respectfully,
> Jack Wyatt
>
>
>
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