Tune it where it is

[Farrell]

----- Original Message -----
From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@jagat.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: Tune it where it is


> .......It is safe to raise the pitch of a newish piano by 40 cents.  Much
> more than that you risk over stressing the strings and shorten their
> sustain time. .....

I was not aware that overpulling a string during a pitch raise could affect
the sound production characteristics of a string.... any more on this?

Terry Farrell
Tampa, Florida