Another thing to consider that I thoughth of laying in bed last night of all places, when floating pitch sharp are some of those P202's that were made in South Haven with very sharp bass angles to the tuning pins or, certain Story & Clarks that are also like that and perhaps other brands. Leaving these pianos sharp is almost asking for a broken bass wire if we raise the bass sharp to match the rest... Won't do that either.. -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Nereson Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:33 AM To: David Ilvedson; pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] (no subject) I agree. Usually it's the low tenor that's way sharp or flat. Here in Denver, especially in the schools for some reason, at the end of August the low tenor on almost all pianos is 25 cents sharp. I float the pitch, i.e., if they insist on tuning the pianos at the end of August, I'll leave them sharp, but not by 25 cents. I'll lower the pitch in the low tenor to the level A49 is at, which may only be 10 or 15 cents sharp. But I don't lower it to 440 because I know then I'll have to do a pitch raise in November. If they can afford to tune the pianos only once a year, I tell them they'll have to tolerate out-of-tuneness from August til November or so. Then I tune them and they stay pretty well in tune for the rest of the school year. In January thru March, depending on how much the heating system has been running, they may be 5 or 10 cents flat. But it's foolish to raise them to 440 because then in the summer they may climb to more than 25 cents sharp. If the teachers want in-tune pianos at 440 for the entire school year, then they have to budget for at least two tunings per piano. --David Nereson, RPT _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090512-0, 05/12/2009 Tested on: 5/13/2009 8:19:37 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.
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