Schools up here (Nova Scotia, Canada), are notoriously dry in January. There can be quite a difference from Nov. till Jan. The drop in humidity, results in a lower pitch. Another possibility, is that the synthesized was not set up to A440 initially. Then again, with the stretch in the octaves of a piano, in reality only the A440, will be right on. Don't even try to tune the piano to the synthesizer, they are two different instruments, and aren't supposed to match accross the scale. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Todd To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:43 PM Subject: [pianotech] Piano not in tune with keyboard I tuned a piano in a school choir room about a month ago. I will be going back there next week to respond to a call back. The school just recently purchased a new electronic synthesizer and the choir teacher said the piano that I tuned doesn't match the synthesizer. I suppose a drop in pitch is possible, and when I go back, I will be checking the pitch of the piano AND the synthesizer. I was just curious as to how many of you experienced something similar, and what to do about it. I am just concerned that if the pitch truly does not match the synthesizer, that I may have to re-tune the piano to the synthesizer. Please help, thanks. TODD PIANO WORKS Matthew Todd, Piano Technician (979) 248-9578 http://www.toddpianoworks.com John M.Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090108/ea085f57/attachment-0001.html>
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