Kurt, At 10:52 1/13/2004 -0600, you wrote: >What are the reasons old vertical pianos don't hold their tune so well >anymore? I figure it's mostly because the soundboard shrinks and grows a >lot more as it gets older. nope, it's dead. if nothing else, if/when the soundboard has lost whatever crown it may have had originally, it will actually (in my limited experience) hold a tuning longer. > The tuning block is also a consideration but is secondary to the > problem in most cases. True? false, IMMHO Conrad Hoffsommer Decorah, IA Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) for Bio-powered Digitally Activated Lever Action Tone Generation Systems
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