This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment =20 >=20 >One thing we didn't mention in the discussion of pitch raise, and help=20 >with 'bad tuning', is established memory. If the piano has had a well=20 >established memory at one time, it is easier to re-establish that = memory. > =20 >=20 Oh I like this concept.... Please... elaborate on what exactly you mean=20 and how you think a piano can manage to achieve such an attribute. =20 >Kenny Finlayson, >RPT > =20 >=20 Cheers RicB =20 =20 Hi RicB: =20 I happen to be playing Grieg's Lyrische Stucke at the moment. Very = beautiful stuff.=20 =20 By piano memory, I refer to the stretching of the extremely hard piano = wire, what we used to call 'music wire,' across a cast iron, what we = used to call 'pig iron,' plate.=20 =20 It never ceases to amaze me how old pianos say of 80 - 100 years, manage = to stay together and support the tremendous pressure exerted by the = tension of the wire, cumulatively of approximately 18 tons. It says a = lot for their sturdy construction, put together with hide glue, what we = used to call 'horse glue.' =20 =20 Does it sound like I'm getting over the hill? I turned 60 recently. =20 When the piano has reached a point where it will hold its pitch, the = memory is said to be established.=20 I have observed that some old pianos that haven't been tuned in many = years respond to pitch raise and tuning much more readily than others. = This can only be due to established memory. If a piano teacher in the = 1920's had the piano tuned two or three times a year for 20 years, the = memory would certainly be well established. A similar old piano, tuned = only every several years, may not ever have had good memory established, = and could conceivably go through all its life without being in tune; and = this must be the piano that falls in pitch almost immediately after = pitch raise and tuning. Well established memory is an enviable achievement for any piano. It can = only happen by repeated regular tunings and care by qualified piano = technicians. Best wishes for the season. Kenny Finlayson, RPT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/cb/84/09/b1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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