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<DIV>I wonder what the limit is as to how far flat a piano will go if it is
never tuned. Let's say a piano was built in 1900, tuned many times in the
factory until the strings were stretched out and the tune stabilized.</DIV>
<DIV>If it were never tuned after that, would it reach a point, let's say,
in the 1960's, 70's, or 80's where it would not go flat any more? And how flat
would it end up being -- 150 cents? 200 cents? I'm curious because I've seen
many old uprights that were about 150 cents flat, and I wondered if they were
<EM>ever </EM>tuned over their 100 year lifetime.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jesse Gitnik</DIV>
<DIV>NYC</DIV>
<DIV>Tech since 1980</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>