[CAUT] tone and pitch

[Ed Sutton]

A few days ago I received an article which claims that a piano's tone can be 
improved by temporarily tuning above pitch (4-8cents midrange, up to 20 
cents at the top) for a few hours or even a day or so, then lowering pitch 
to 440 Hz. The author claims that Bill Garlick taught this at a Steinway 
concert prep. class.

This may be what you are describing.

Does anyone else have experiences to support this claim, or memory of Bill 
G. teaching it?

Ed Sutton


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Anderson" <andrew at andersonmusic.com>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] tone and pitch


> On some pianos with a weak "killer octave", it will make things  worse.  I 
> maintain a D that is poorly balanced across the compass.   Moving it down 
> to 440 from 442 really opened up the tone.   Pretty  obvious to the 
> pianist as well.
>
> Andrew Anderson
>
> On Feb 25, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Laurence Libin wrote:
>
>> Would raising pitch from 440 to, say, 442 appreciably change tone  color? 
>> Or, at what pitch differentials, sharp or flat, would change  become 
>> apparent, both to pianist and average listener? And would  change become 
>> apparent across the compass all at once or first in  one range?
>> Laurence
>>
>>
>