The video is by piano technician John Serkin, not his brother, pianist Peter Serkin (both sons of Rudolph). Great quote. Kent on 2/5/01 3:16 PM, John Baird at jbaird@fgi.net wrote: > Here is what Peter Serkin says about tuning frequency in his 1990 video, "The > Anatomy of a Piano--How Your Grand Piano Works": > > A freshly tuned piano has a sparkle and clarity of sound that begins to > deteriorate even after a few hours…that is why a performance piano should be > tuned immediately before each performance or recording session. > > For most of us our pianos should be tuned at least twice a year…. Six months > is a long time to expect a piano to stay in tune, so those of you with more > sensitive ears will want to have it tuned more often [such as] four times a > year, with each change of season…. Professional players or pianos with heavy > use will require more frequent tunings, perhaps every 6 or 8 weeks. > > John Baird
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