Mark, I had the same situation several years ago. The electronic organ had just been tuned, but it was wrong. The guy came back, corrected the tuning, and everything was fine. But a pipe organ is a different story, to which someone more knowledgeable than I will need to respond. I can't imagine myself tuning a piano even 15 cents sharp, but then I'm semi-paranoid about tearing strings. If the piano and organ are never played together, then no problem. Just tune the piano A-440. Before I would raise the piano as far as you need, I would make sure it is clear who will pay if strings tear. It won't be me. Regards, Clyde bases-loaded@juno.com wrote: > List - > > Another first... > > Went to tune a piano to a pipe organ at a church, and found the pipe > organ 28 cents SHARP! Yep, sharp....And it was JUST tuned....I am more > accustomed to 15-20 cents flat. Anyway.... I convinced the music > director that tuning the piano that high was not advisable, and he agreed > to A-440. > > Which brings up the following query... > > How high are you willing to tune a piano, when circumstances require it? > A-442 would be about 8 cents high, right? I assume you would go there? > Would you go 10 cents? 15? > > Conversely, when tuning to a pipe organ, as mentioned, I find that > typically they are 15-20 cents low, although I have one within 4 cents > (sometimes). My question here is more oriented to the use of 'other' > instruments when tuned this low....i.e., how low can OTHER instruments be > expected to 'play along' with tunings that are below A-440? 5 cents? 10 > cents? 15 cents? Just how long ARE the mouth pieces of most wind > instruments? Can they be expected to elongate themselves as much as 18 > cents to match a pipe organ and still be playable? Any wind players out > there? > > Looking for parameters... > > Mark Potter > bases-loaded@juno.com
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