<html><body> <DIV>Hi again everyone,</DIV> <DIV>I wish this piano I did today was only a 1/2 step off.  It was so off that the a4 didn' t even sound like an a when first played.  I hope I did the pitch raise right. I raised and tuned at the same time. Next time I'm going to just match a440 and get the notes up to as close as possibel then actually tune it.  Would that work?</DIV> <DIV>Marshall</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- From: David Vanderhoofven <david@vanderpiano.com> > Hi Arlie, > > Short answer, and sorry about the lack of time for a full answer. > > 1. Technicians who don't know how to do pitch raises or how to sell pitch > raises. > 2. Musicians who don't care that their piano is 1/2 step flat and/or don't > want to pay for the pitch raise. > 3. Pianos with extreme rust and the technician is afraid of replacing > broken strings > 4 Pianos with extreme rust and the customer doesn't want to pay for > replacing broken strings > 5. Worn out, moth-eaten, rusted out hulks that have received almost no > service and the cost of the pitch raise would be more than the value of the > piano. > 6. Structural damage to the piano and the piano couldn't take the extra > tension on the strings without serious damage. > > Must my 2 cents: A piano that is 1/2 step flat is not suited for use by a > musician or student. A piano needs to be at the correct pitch for > ear-training, music lessons, performances and playing with other musical > instruments or recordings. It doesn't make sense to me to leave a piano > 1/2 step flat unless the client is unwilling or unable to pay for the pitch > correction. And if the customer is unwilling to pay for the pitch > correction that is necessary, they are also unlikely to pay for any other > needed service the piano needs. > > Just some ideas off of the top of my head. > Sincerely, > > David A. Vanderhoofven > Registered Piano Technician > Joplin, MO > > At 12:14 PM 1/4/2006, you wrote: > >A friend in Brazil has been talking to me about the possibility of > >beginning tuning, and I'd be glad to help out. But she says that > >there pianos are generally tuned 1/2 step flat. I'm curious about > >that. Does anyone know why that might be? Because of that, she says > >they have mostly limited themselves to keyboards to avoid the obvious > >pitch/transposing challenges. > > > >Arlie Rauch > >Glendive, MT > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>