Perhaps there is a confluence of influence. David Love davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: <A440A@aol.com> > To: <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> > Date: 1/24/2004 7:14:39 PM > Subject: Re: Terry Farrel: A440 or bust! (Or not.) > > David writes: > << Since the > middle of the soundboard will rise and fall the most with changes in > moisture content, the pitch of the strings which connect to the middle of > the board (mid to low tenor) are going to change the most. The extremes, > which are anchored more closely to the rim, are going to move the least. >> > > Greetings, > It seems to me that the the lowest plainwire strings on the treble bridge > change the most, and they are definitely not closest to the middle. I have > always suspected that it was a tension related thing. For instance, on a > Steinway M getting its mid-winter tuning, the wound bichord strings on the treble > bridge are usually nowhere near as flat as the plain wire next to them. Does > this not suggest that something other than geographical location is at work? > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html >
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