[pianotech] pitch raise

Piano Boutique pianoboutique at comcast.net
Sat Dec 12 18:49:11 MST 2009


I have tuned pianos that were a hole step flat.   I don't think I would like to pull them a third that over 440.   Just my feeling"  I usually go about ten or 15 beats over.

William



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  From: pianolover 88 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 7:57 PM
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  Pretty basic stuff. When pianos are pitch raised, they will typically drop by about 1/3 of the overpull. So if a piano is 100 cents flat, you would want to raise pitch about 33 cents past A440, since it will drop about that much after the PR. I find that bass strings typically drop far less than rest of the piano, and so they don't require as much overpull.

  Terry Peterson
  Accurate Piano Service
  UniGeezer.com
  "Over 50, and not "2" Tired!" 





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  From: pianotune05 at hotmail.com
  To: pianotech at ptg.org
  Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:31:10 -0800
  Subject: [pianotech] pitch raise

  Hi Everyone,
  When I pitch raise we were taught to just tune the piano raising the A440 slightly above a440 so that it will fall where it should go, and do a quick rough tuning but trying to make it uniform. Or if a piano was restrung I believe we pitchraised by octaves all the As  following the temperament sequence .  
  Marshall
  Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician
  Marshall's Piano Service
  pianotune05 at hotmail.com
  215-510-9400
  Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind www.pianotuningschool.org Vancouver, WA







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