Sharp organ

[David Ilvedson]

Well, they should get rid of the grand also and then no tuning will be
needed.  I really hope the church didn't sell its pipe organ to replace it
with a digital organ...if so, it is very short-sighted and sounds like the
salesman struck again.

David I.

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On 5/12/01 at 4:08 PM Glenn Grafton wrote:

>>  > 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
>
>>
>>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
>
>Here's the situation we've encountered with pipe organs. Often times 
>the church has a maintenance contract on the p.o. which includes 
>tuning. Unlike a piano the pipe organ guys often times do not go 
>through and tune the whole organ.
>
>A number of years ago we sold a new Yamaha U3 52" upright piano to a 
>Lutheran church with a pipe organ. The organ was recently tuned. Our 
>tuner (Harold West) tuned the U3 to A440. The church called 
>complaining that the piano did not match the p.o. pitch. Reluctantly, 
>the tuner went back and knocked a perfectly tuned U3 flat to match.
>
>I explained the tuning issue to the music director. He contacted the 
>pipe organ people to ask why the organ wasn't really tuned. The 
>answer was that the rates would be much higher if they had to tune 
>the whole organ to pitch.
>
>The church now has a new Allen Digital Computer organ 
>(http://www.allenorgan.com/) and a Yamaha C6 6'11" grand. The only 
>tuning needed is on the grand : )
>
>-- 
>Glenn Grafton
>Grafton Piano & Organ Co.
>1081 County Line Rd.
>Souderton PA 18964
>http://www.graftonpiano.com/
>glenn@graftonpiano.com
>800-272-5980
>
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