SHARP organs

[Greg Newell]

Ken,
    What a tech should certainly do is warn against broken strings!!
                Greg Newell

Ken Jankura wrote:

> I have been asked to tune pianos to organs in the past week during a
> summer-like heat wave here. The organs measured more than 20 cents sharp at
> A4. I feel pretty confident of my pitch raising abilities (at least short
> term), but really, how much is too much? I know next to nothing about
> organs, but is there something that can be done to keep them more in tune?
> Refrigerate the air intake room or something? I know some of you would
> refuse to tune that sharp, but what's a tech to do?
> Ken Jankura
> Newburg, PA
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