This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I just hope I can remember that... David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Kenny Finlayson <kennyfin@jetstream.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:02:40 -0800 Subject: established memory > >One thing we didn't mention in the discussion of pitch raise,= and help >with 'bad tuning', is established memory. If the piano has had a= well >established memory at one time, it is easier to re-establish= that memory. > > Oh I like this concept.... Please... elaborate on what exactly= you mean and how you think a piano can manage to achieve such an= attribute. >Kenny Finlayson, >RPT > > Cheers RicB Hi RicB: I happen to be playing Grieg=92s Lyrische Stucke at the moment.= Very beautiful stuff. By piano memory, I refer to the stretching of the extremely hard= piano wire, what we used to call =91music wire,=92 across a cast= iron, what we used to call =91pig iron,=92 plate. It never ceases to amaze me how old pianos say of 80 =96 100 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= =91horse glue.=92 Does it sound like I=92m getting over the hill? I turned 60= recently. When the piano has reached a point where it will hold its pitch,= the memory is said to be established. 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/be/0b/89/a2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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