Avery, In your situation I would do what you are doing. I will probably start floating some of the average home pianos that get tuned only once a year. Here's an hypothetical example: Every June a client's piano is usually in the ballpark. But in one year it is very sharp following two weeks of damp rainy weather. I know that if I lower the pitch to A440, the next year it is likely to be very flat. I might take it a little in the direction it should go, though, since it will not change evenly across the whole range. Of course we all know what such a piano really needs, don't we? ;-) Floater Clyde Avery Todd wrote: > > List, > > There have been discussions in the past of letting the pitch float a > little. My question pertains to doing this on a concert instrument. > We have 4 S & S 'D's which are usually tuned (or "touched up") several > times a week. Sometimes daily. How does one determine which note to use > as the pitch standard if one wants to let it float? > Almost invariably, the low tenor is sharper than the rest, with it > basically decreasing as one goes up the scale, at least after the lowest > treble break. Then the bass is almost always right on. > If the piano is roughly the same amount sharp throughout, no problem. > But in the above case, wouldn't it be better to just go ahead and lower > the sharp portion(s) and tune as usual? > That's what I usually do, but have been curious about which note (or > area) you "floaters" use to determine the pitch level. > Just thought I'd throw something out for thought over the weekend. > Have a good one. > > Avery > > P.S. I do use an SAT III with my 'D' tunings loaded into memory.
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