International pitch was, I think, A-435 in the day. But then again, the "standard pitch" has been all over the place for years and years.Still is. Don't know about it being designed for 440. Ask Mr Kirkland at Steinway. He'll know. I'm sure some of ya'll know too, but David is great at historical info and gives a quick response. I'd be a bit afraid of this project.....especially since the customer doesn't know anything on the history of the instrument or it's care. Find out how important A440 is also for them. maybe that's all they know is that today's instruments are at 440 and just going with it. Paul From: Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft <alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> Date: 02/16/2012 12:38 PM Subject: [pianotech] 1891 Steinway Upright Was an 1891 Steinway upright designed to be tuned to 440, or should it be tuned to a lower pitch? Haven't tuned these old Steinway uprights. I got a call from a new customer who would like the piano tuned to 440 and doesn't know when the piano was tuned last. Al - High Point, NC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120216/7dfe96ac/attachment.htm>
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