>Would anyone happen to know for sure if Fortepiano reproductions, >specifically a Maene, are designed to be tuned to A-440. Since >our new one is app. 1/2 step low, I'm assuming it should be >A-415. Depends on the string lengths, gauges, and wire type used by the builder. There was no fixed rule even for historical builders. Modern builders do all sorts of things too. And modern builders have the wire problem to worry about too, leading to compromises. Avery: do you have the data on lengths and diameters, or even for just the C string to give us the ballpark? And what kinds of wire is on it? Stephen -- Dr Stephen Birkett Associate Professor Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 3G1 E3 Room 3158 tel: 519-888-4567 Ext. 3792 fax: 519-746-4791 PianoTech Lab Room E3-3160 Ext. 7115 mailto: sbirkett[at]real.uwaterloo.ca http://real.uwaterloo.ca/~sbirkett
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