Terry Farrel: A440 or bust! (Or not.)

[David Love]

 Perhaps there is a confluence of influence.  

 David Love
 davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


 > [Original Message]
 > From: <A440A@aol.com>
 > To: <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
 > Date: 1/24/2004 7:14:39 PM
 > Subject: Re: Terry Farrel: A440 or bust!  (Or not.)
 >
 > David writes: 
 > <<  Since the
 > middle of the soundboard will rise and fall the most with changes in
 > moisture content, the pitch of the strings which connect to the middle of
 > the board (mid to low tenor) are going to change the most.  The extremes,
 > which are anchored more closely to the rim, are going to move the least.
>>
 >
 > Greetings, 
 >   It seems to me that the the lowest plainwire strings on the treble
bridge 
 > change the most, and they are definitely not closest to the middle.  I
have 
 > always suspected that it was a tension related thing.  For instance, on
a 
 > Steinway M getting its mid-winter tuning,  the wound bichord strings on
the treble 
 > bridge are usually nowhere near as flat as the plain wire next to them. 
Does 
 > this not suggest that something other than geographical location is at
work?  
 >  
 > Ed Foote RPT 
 > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
 > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
 >