Sharp organ

[Joseph Garrett]

Jeannie,
IMHO the answer is none. I would recommend that the church contact the Organ
Tech and get the organ tuned properly, at his expense.
Regards,
Joe Garrett
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeannie Grassi" <jgrassi@silverlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 8:10 AM
Subject: FWD: Sharp organ


> List,
> Anyone care to share your opinion with Greg?
>
> From: greg hollister [mailto:biggiewarehouse@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 6:02 PM
> Subject: Sharp organ Q&A
>
>
> I just had an experience with a pipe
> organ which was recently tuned.  The pitch was just
> above A-443. I double checked this with a spare fork
> and with the digital piano in the church.   All
> confirmed my initial finding.  Really sharp.  Of
> course, the choir director loves to play duets.  The
> piano they use is a 25? year old Kawai 300 grand.   My
> question is this: In a situation like this  do we just
> go ahead and tune the piano that sharp informing the
> church they will have to tune it again and pay for any
> string breakage?  How sharp is too sharp?  The organ
> is almost new and pitch was not a problem prior to
> this.  How much slack do we cut pipe organ tuners?
> Thanks,
> Greg Hollister RPT
>
>
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