Hi Micheal, I could not agree more. I think you have misinterpreted my post. I was suggesting that even 4 cents is to me a "pitch correction" rather than a "concert tuning". I want the piano within 2 cents before it can be "truly" concert level work, then I can just tune, and have the piano stable. My "record" for flatness was -450 cents (to you 4.5 semitones) I pitch corrected in one un over compensated tuning, and did a second over compensated one. No strings "tore". The current "world record holder" did a pitch correction of one hundred cents in 300 seconds. Pretty fast no? At 10:04 PM 10/7/2003 +0100, you wrote: >Hello Don - I've frequently found, when being asked to tune a piano for the >first time, that it's anything up to a semi-tone flat. This I can't abide >and, if the piano merits it (and considering it was built to withstand the >tension of A = 440) I jolly well bring it up to pitch there and then. I have >great success in doing this with no repercussions. The piano sounds so much >better - it actually almost says "thank you!" Sometimes I get one or two >broken strings - but that's rare. And it's all done in 90minutes flat. As >for your 4-5 cents flat I work with the London Philharmonic and such people >and to tune anywhere short of A = 440 would be courting a walk-out! >Michael G (UK) > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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