[pianotech] Pitch Change (was: Grey market pianos, seasoned pianos, etc.)

[Gerald Groot]

Hi Denise,

Good thoughts and observations.  I am always open to other ideas thoughts
and observations and anyone of us can be wrong except for you know who....
Not me!  I admit when I'm wrong...  I just don't think it quite yet...  :-)


So far, it seems that we all have lots opinions, observations and ideas but
nobody is 100 % sure.  

Terry, thanks for holding your tongue. I appreciate it.  You can let it go
now though...  But, keep your lips sealed.  :-)

Jer

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Denise Rachel
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 10:23 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Pitch Change (was: Grey market pianos, seasoned
pianos, etc.)

Hi Jer,

I am prone to stick with what I was taught, too.  But  . . .  the lowest
string on the treble bridge has the greatest seasonal pitch alteration.  And
. . . . . .  on many pianos the distance from bridge pin to rim is equal to
or very close to the same measurement on the top string of the bass bridge.
This one small observation has for decades bothered me because it shoots a
hole in my reasoning.

So this thread has interested me and I am open to all other considerations.

Denise





On Apr 3, 2010, at 10:06 PM, Terry Farrell wrote:

> That sounds like a "GUT" diagnosis. "My gut told me so, so it is true".
> 
> Wow. I think I'll bite my lip about the gut thing.....
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
> On Apr 3, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Gerald Groot wrote:
> 
>> It does not take much swelling for a key to stick, for a hammer shank to
>> warp, or for a window to stick shut.  It does not take as much swelling
as
>> one may think for a pianos pitch or tuning to change either.  If it did,
>> tuning and pitch would not change nearly as much as it does.
>> 
>> Jer