Fazer bridge? ahem...ahem..

[Kristinn Leifsson]

>Perhaps you should then... you would be suprised me thinks to see just how 
>much the
>humidity does swing inside. It dont have to be like this 60 % swing you 
>see in some
>places. 10-15 % is enough to get a piano moving.
>
> >
> > But what happened was that everything *except* the bass dropped.  Spot on,
> > from the first bass note.
> > The bass is still right up to pitch and in tune.
> > And the rest of the piano is "relatively" in tune with itself, that is, the
> > lowest tenor note upwards.  Did you get that?
> > Why would a drop in humidity not affect the bass?  And don´t tell me it´s
> > because of longer strings :-)
>
>This is normal for a minor seasonal pitch change. Bass bridge is closer to 
>the edge
>of the soundboard and this area is less affected when the board is moving then
>areas closer to the fat of the board. As for string length... I have heard 
>that and
>a few other causes... but the only one that makes a whole lot of sense to 
>me is
>
>Richard Brekne
>RPT, N.P.T.F.
>Bergen, Norway


Hi all,

thanks for your help.  I particularly agree with the bass bridge position 
towards the edge.
Just so you know, I have, moi, myself, also seen the difference in pitch 
change between treble, tenor and bass before (it´s not like every house is 
a great one or that piano owners look out for their pianos like we´d like 
them to).  But they haven´t been so clear cut before for me.  It just 
reminded me of that little spinet that changed when I moved it.

So, ahem, perhaps I´ll get a little thingamajig (I can´t believe the spell 
checker actually has "thingamajig" in it) Richard.


I thanked you in advance, but what the heck,

thanks,

Kristinn