why does a string go out of tune?

[Phil Bondi]

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Wimblees@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/10/2004 4:53:44 PM Central Standard Time, 
> phil@philbondi.com writes:
>
>     Wim, do you listen at ppp?
>
> For concert work, I tune at FFF. I get the middle string is in tune 
> with the SAT, hitting the note at least a dozen times. Then I tune the 
> outside string by ear, also at FFF, but making sure the SAT has not 
> moved, again, hitting the note at least a dozen times at FFF for each 
> string. In other words, the note will have had a workout.
>  
> Comment about maybe be over doing it. I don't believe that to be the 
> case. We are supposed to make sure the piano will stay in tune under 
> the most stringent conditions. I don't think the excuse, "I 
> didn't know you were going to play the piano that loud," is going to 
> cut it when an artist complains the piano went out of tune before the 
> end of the first movement.  In defense of my method, last year the D 
> at the university withstood the Rach 3rd with only one string slipping 
> a couple of cents. That is why I wonder why some strings on some 
> pianos do, and some don't, and what causes it.
>  
> Wim

Wim Wim...you didn't answer the question..I didn't ask if you tune at 
FFF..I asked if you listen at ppp..why?

While my tuning style is similar to yours, I find that if I don't listen 
at a low volume, I truly don't know what the note sounds like.

What you're implying is that fff is all there is.. I will disagree if 
that's the case.

Phil Bondi(Fl)

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