Welcome, Patrick! Remember that Conrad sells flame suits... Some of the downsides of leaving a piano "a fret low" (as a country church pastor once said): ... the bass sounds terrible, like a slack rubber band, and has no sustain. Spinets especially sound a lot better at pitch. ... students hear a different sound than on their teacher's pianos, where they are judged ... students learn the wrong pitches ... you can't play with other instruments --Cy-- Cy Shuster, RPT ABQ, NM www.shusterpiano.com On May 9, 2009, at 8:39 AM, Patrick Mackey wrote: > Chuck and Julia and List, > This brings up an issue I have been wondering about. Is there any > reason to think that leaving a piano a half-step flat is actually > harmful? It seems that any time I run across a piano that's been > left flat, it is likely to have separated bass bridge/apron, ribs > loose, long bridge cap unglued, etc. I am thinking mostly of > uprights if that makes any difference. > Also, I would like to be included in your photo list. > Also this is my first posting, I've been enjoying the list form the > sidelines for a while and so want to express my appreciation to > everyone who contributes. > Patrick Mackey > New Orleans > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090509/8f0a58c5/attachment.html>
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