No Wim and Marshall, it's the opposite! Read what you wrote before you click "send"! Jean-Luc In a message dated 2/24/2013 6:47:43 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, tnrwim at aol.com writes: Yes, Marshall, the pitch of a piano does go sharp when the temperature rises, or goes flat when the temperature drops. You understand, of course, only if the temperature in the room in which the piano is goes up or down. The pitch also goes up or down depending on the humidity level in the room. Isn't this something sort of basic that your learned in school? So why do you ask? Wim -----Original Message----- From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sun, Feb 24, 2013 3:28 pm Subject: [pianotech] pitch of a piano Hi Everyone, I thought the pitch of a piano rises when the temp rises or goes sharp and when it's cold goes flat? Marshall Marshall Gisondi MARSHALL'S PIANO SERVICE 215-510-9400 _http://www.phillytuner.com_ (http://www.phillytuner.com/) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130224/c44e3e03/attachment.htm>
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