<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><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> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = /><o:p> </o:p> ><o:p> </o:p> >One thing we didn't mention in the = discussion of pitch raise, and help <o:p></o:p> >with 'bad tuning', is established = memory. If the piano has had a well <o:p></o:p> >established memory at one time, it is = easier to re-establish that memory.<o:p></o:p> >  <o:p></o:p> ><o:p> </o:p> Oh I like this concept.... Please... = elaborate on what exactly you mean <o:p></o:p> and how you think a piano can manage to = achieve such an attribute.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> >Kenny Finlayson,<o:p></o:p> >RPT<o:p></o:p> >  <o:p></o:p> ><o:p> </o:p> Cheers<o:p></o:p> RicB<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Hi = RicB:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I happen to be playing Grieg’s Lyrische Stucke = at the moment. Very beautiful stuff. <o:p> </o:p> 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. <o:p> </o:p> 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.’   <o:p> </o:p> Does it sound like I’m getting over the = hill? I turned 60 recently. <o:p> </o:p> When the piano has reached a point where = it will hold its pitch, the memory is said to be established. =   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.   Well established memory is an enviable = achievement for any piano. It can only happen by repeated regular tunings and care by = qualified piano technicians.   Best wishes for the season.   Kenny Finlayson, RPT</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>