<HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><o:p></o:p>I= just hope I can remember that...   David= I. <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><o:p></o:p>  <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><o:p>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: Kenny= Finlayson <<A= href="mailto:kennyfin@jetstream.net">kennyfin@jetstream.net</A>&= gt; To: <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Rec= eived: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:02:40 -0800 Subject: established= memory</o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><o:p>  </o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><FONT= size=2>><o:p> </o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>>One thing we= didn't mention in the discussion of pitch raise, and help= <o:p></o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>>with 'bad= tuning', is established memory. If the piano has had a well= <o:p></o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>>established= memory at one time, it is easier to re-establish that= memory.<o:p></o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>><SPAN= style="mso-spacerun: yes"> = <o:p></o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><FONT= size=2>><o:p> </o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>Oh I like this= concept.... Please... elaborate on what exactly you mean= <o:p></o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>and how you think a= piano can manage to achieve such an= attribute.<o:p></o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><o:p> </o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>>Kenny= Finlayson,<o:p></o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><FONT= size=2>>RPT<o:p></o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>><SPAN= style="mso-spacerun: yes"> = <o:p></o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><FONT= size=2>><o:p> </o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><FONT= size=2>Cheers<o:p></o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><FONT= size=2>RicB<o:p></o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><o:p> </o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><o:p> </o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>Hi= RicB:<o:p></o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><o:p> </o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>I happen to be playing= Grieg’s Lyrische Stucke at the moment. Very beautiful stuff.= <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><o:p> </o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>By piano memory, I refer to= the stretching of the extremely hard piano wire, what we used to= call ‘music wire,’ across a cast iron, what we used to call ‘pig= iron,’ plate. <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><o:p> </o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>It never ceases to= amaze me how old pianos say of 80 – 100 years, manage to stay= together and support the tremendous pressure exerted by the= tension of the wire, cumulatively of approximately 18 tons. It= says a lot for their sturdy construction, put together with hide= glue, what we used to call ‘horse glue.’ <SPAN= style="mso-spacerun:= yes">  <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><o:p> </o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>Does it sound like I’m= getting over the hill? I turned 60= recently. <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><o:p> </o:p> <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>When the piano has= reached a point where it will hold its pitch, the memory is said= to be established. <SPAN= lang=EN-IE><FONT= size=2>  <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>I have observed that= some old pianos that haven't been tuned in many years respond to= pitch raise and tuning much more readily than others. This can= only be due to established memory. If a piano teacher in the= 1920's had the piano tuned two or three times a year for 20= years, the memory would certainly be well established. A similar= old piano, tuned only every several years, may not ever have had= good memory established, and could conceivably go through all= its life without being in tune; and this must be the piano that= falls in pitch almost immediately after pitch raise and= tuning. <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>  <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>Well established memory is= an enviable achievement for any piano. It can only happen by= repeated regular tunings and care by qualified piano= technicians. <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>  <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>Best wishes for the= season. <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>  <SPAN= lang=EN-IE>Kenny Finlayson,= RPT</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>