WOW! How'd you raise the pitch? (what procedure?) At 09:01 AM 12/14/00 +0100, you wrote: >Stephen Airy wrote: > > > Wow, 350 cents! Hey, I've been wondering -- what's the flattest anyone has > > seen, and how long does it take typical pianos under typical conditions to > > go 50, 100, 50, 200, 250, 300, 400 cents flat? > > > >Being an aural tuner I never have had much use for the concept of Cents in >everyday work. So I will relate my answer in terms of semitones. The >worst case I >have ever run into was a piano that was a fith flat. Thats right... 7 >semitones. I >suppose thats 700 cents. It was about 90 years old, and probably hadnt been >tuned... or used since it was delivered to the house it was in. Lots of >fine grey >dust everywhere inside... no rust, a few cracks in the panel and bridge.. >rather >loose tuning pins... and almost no signs of use. > >Richard Brekne >RPT, N.P.T.F. >Bergen, Norway >mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
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