Hi Terry, I've run into this several times over the years. Invariably, the previous tuner was "advanced" in age, shall we say, so I could only assume that like usually happens to all of us eventually, he'd begun to lose his hearing in the high treble. I only hope if this happens to me, someone will have the courage to tell me about it!!!!!! :-) Avery At 05:13 PM 08/31/00 -0400, you wrote: >I ran into a situation today that I have run into many times before and have >no explanation for (today's was kinda an extreme example). I wonder if some >of you folks might understand what is going on. > >A1959 Kakauer 40" console. The owner said he knew for a fact that it had >been at least 25 years since it was last tuned. I played it. No reason to >doubt his recollection. 80 cents flat in bass, 100 cents flat in tenor, and >up to 150 cents flat (A7) in treble. > >Oddity: B87 and C88 were about 25 cents sharp. WHY??? :-( Why is C88 so >often near pitch or sharp, and the rest of the poor neglected piano quite >flat? Any ideas? > >Terry Farrell >Piano Tuning & Service >Tampa, Florida >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
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