New Falcone 'false beats'

[Wayne Walker]

We carry pianos from the same factory that the Falcone's are built. Being a
new piano, 9 months, and seasonal changes 50 c flat is not uncommon. I seat
string on all of the pianos, grands and uprights. You can have a freshly
unpacked piano that sounds somewhat in tune but after you seat the strings
you will noticed a big difference. Most companies recommends 4 tunings the
first year of a piano life.
 
Wayne Walker
Piano Tuner / Technician
Musicstop Acoustic Piano Service
264 Herring Cove Road
Halifax, NS, Canada
B3P 1M1
902-221-1540
902-496-6924 Fax
HYPERLINK "http://www.musicstop.com/"www.musicstop.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Morgan [mailto:rsanbornmorgan at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 8:53 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: New Falcone 'false beats'


Tuned a Falcone grand yesterday, its warranty tuning 9 months (count 'em)
after taking delivery.  The store will pay for the tuning, but not the pitch
raise necessitated by its being almost 50c flat.  The owners swore that the
selling agent (a satellite store run by a very conscientious
teacher/pianist) told them to tune it within six months.  I'm sure they are
mixing up their memories of what was really said, which probably involved
tuning frequency.
 
Two questions from this newbie:

1.	Is this kind of pitch drop common? I'd assume it's not usual but not
uncommon.  Of course, I don't know what the pitch level was when it was
delivered or when it left the store. 

2.	There were some minor false beats in the upper treble that,
thankfully, were light enough that they did not present much of a problem
tuning.  Is this an indication that the piano needs some string seating?
Don't know how much dealer prep was done, since it was delivered from the
'mother store'.

I've scheduled a return visit already for the end of May, at which time I'll
be curious to see if/how much it has dropped, and I'll be able to do some
string seating then.

 

BTW, it was much easier to tune than the also-new Petrof IV that I did last
month.

 

Regards,

Richard Morgan


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