Pitch raise

[Wimblees@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-02-16 09:02:16 EST, you write:

>I find that on a very old piano, where the strings have "stretched out"
>and are brittle, I can't use the normal pitch raise feature on my SAT. 
>Many times I have to go back and LOWER the pitch again!  On these old
>pianos I just tune to A440, and see where it ends up.
>	Paul McCloud
>	San Diego, CA


On old uprights, I don't even find out where the pitch is. I tune it where it
is, because of the problems you indicated, brittel strings, weak bridges,
rustry strings. etc. If the piano happens to be on pitch, it is a plus, but I
don't attempt to raise it much. 

Willem Blees  RPT