Imagination

[Lance Lafargue]

I guess it also depends on what temperament you use.............
Lance Lafargue, RPT
New Orleans Chapter
Covington, LA.
lafargue@iamerica.net

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> From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Imagination
> Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 9:30 PM
> 
> In a message dated 11/5/98 7:41:18 PM Central Standard Time,
ronl@nnex.net
> writes:
> 
> << Have just tuned an old 1898 Starr upright, brought up the temp. oc. to
>  pitch.  It sounded in tune but not plesent ,brought it down to A-435 and
it
>  sang  pleasantly. The customer was happy,so I was .
>  
>  Has anyone ever noticed somewhat the same type of experience or is it
just
>  my imagination?
>  
>   >>
> The piano may well have been designed for the A-435 pitch. In any case,
some
> very old pianos and some even of the 60's, 70's, and 80's that are from
an era
> where building the lowest cost piano was the goal just seem to be more
> comfortable at that pitch.
> 
> In a climate like that of the upper midwest where I live, the shift in
> relative humidity from very low to very high every single year makes
A-435
> (-20¢) an acceptable pitch to tune on many pianos at certain times of the
> year.  For those pianos who really always require standard pitch, no
> exceptions, it means a pitch raise or lowering virtually every time it is
> tuned, even if it is done frequently.   (Dampp-Chaser products greatly
> mitigate the problem in those pianos). 
> 
> Sincerely,
> Bill Bremmer RPT
> Madison, Wisconsin