<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Actually... this is quite interesting. Freezzing the piano also means drying the heck out of it... for 24 hours ... the instrument experiences a rise in pitch ??? An improvement in sound claimed as well ??? What "more reasonant" means is not really said. Might be fun to see what this guy comes up with. I love it... instead of just swallowing hook line and sinker what everybody <<knows>> the fellow actually tries putting this one to the test. And his initial result points in the opposite direction everyone else is looking. Bravo ! RicB <blockquote>  The "Verituner" had tested the soundboard's tone Wednesday at a low-octave D.Chernobieff had hoped it would drop to a C-sharp after a 24-hour freeze.  But the piano that came in from the cold defied his scientific theory.  Instead of a C-sharp, the "Verituner" showed the piano's tone had actually raised a whole step, to E. Chernobieff looked disappointed for only a flash. "At least the tone changed," he said, as he pounded the soundboard like a drum. "And the sound is more resonant. Listen."</blockquote> Brian Lawson wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/124342_piano30.html">http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/124342_piano30.html</a> Read on, it gets worse. Brian _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a></blockquote> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>  </html>