Very interesting question--

[Avery]

Jesse, I don't really have an answer to your question but I've tuned 
more than one piano over the
years that was app. a minor 3rd flat!

Avery


At 08:20 AM 1/30/2007, you wrote:
>I wonder what the limit is as to how far flat a piano will go if it 
>is never tuned. Let's say a piano was built in 1900, tuned many 
>times in the factory until the strings were stretched out and the 
>tune stabilized.
>If it were never tuned after that, would it reach a point, let's 
>say, in the 1960's, 70's, or 80's where it would not go flat any 
>more? And how flat would it end up being -- 150 cents? 200 cents? 
>I'm curious because I've seen many old uprights that were about 150 
>cents flat, and I wondered if they were ever tuned over their 100 
>year lifetime.
>
>Jesse Gitnik
>NYC
>Tech since 1980
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