Tuning sequence question

Cy Shuster cy at shusterpiano.com
Tue Jul 10 23:30:05 MDT 2007


A440 + 10 cents is already 442.5.  I doubt any wound strings would survive 
at that pitch!  =:-o  I tune 'em much, much lower than that...

--Cy--

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Wilson" <pianotechnicianuk at yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: Tuning sequence question


> What would they do in Vienna where the pitch is A446?
>
> Bob Wilson.
> --- Scott Jackson <scottwaynejackson at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Even for brand new pianos Samick commands: "Wound
>> strings are at no point
>> during the tuning raised higher than 10 cents above
>> A-440."
>>
>> Scott Jackson
>> Wollongong, Land Down Under.



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