Different Pitch Raising Sequence

Stephen Airy stephen_airy@yahoo.com
Thu, 14 Dec 2000 08:54:49 -0800


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


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