Going over it twice

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Mon, 22 May 2000 20:57:36 +0200


Yes it does.  grin... short and sweet eh ??

Kristinn Leifsson wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> when one encounters a piano with the bass relatively sharp compared to
> other parts of the piano regardless of overall pitch, does that not
> indicate out of tuneness because of humidity changes?
> (Bass strings being longer and therefore requiring more change in
> soundboard volume for the same amount of pitch fluctuation for the shorter
> strings.)
> 
> Kristinn Leifsson,
> Reykjavík, Iceland
> 
> At 00:15 21.5.2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >Often the bass is much closer than the rest of the piano and very well may
> >not need a pitch change...I often need to lower the tenor and bring up the
> >treble but the bass will be close.  The pianists often complain about how
> >out of the tune the bass is when it isn't.
> >
> >David I.
> >
> >>Leave the bass until after that's done, then you'll be able to raise the
> >bass to pitch. They don't drop much.
> >
> >John Lillico, RPT
> >Oakville, Canada
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

-- 
Richard Brekne
I.C.P.T.G.  N.P.T.F.
Associate, PTG
Bergen, Norway




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