[pianotech] 1891 Steinway Upright

[Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft]

Thanks everyone. Customer wants to use it for recording with other instruments. I'll give 440 a try. I told him I was not responsible for broken string and he understood.

I'll report back.


Al -
High Point, NC



On Feb 16, 2012, at 5:47 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:

> I've always tuned em at 440 Al.  I believe by then the pitch wars were largely over.
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> Dale Erwin RPT-
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft <alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com>
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> Sent: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 10:39 am
> Subject: [pianotech] 1891 Steinway Upright
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> 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.
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> Al -
> High Point, NC
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