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From: Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft <alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com><br>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 10:39 am<br>
Subject: [pianotech] 1891 Steinway Upright<br>
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<div>Was an 1891 Steinway upright designed to be tuned to 440, or should it be tuned to a lower pitch? Haven't tuned these old Steinway uprights. I got a call from a new customer who would like the piano tuned to 440 and doesn't know when the piano was tuned last.</div>
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