Tuning Standard

[Arlie Rauch]

A friend in Brazil has been talking to me about the possibility of  
beginning tuning, and I'd be glad to help out.  But she says that  
there pianos are generally tuned 1/2 step flat.  I'm curious about  
that.  Does anyone know why that might be?  Because of that, she says  
they have mostly limited themselves to keyboards to avoid the obvious  
pitch/transposing challenges.

Arlie Rauch
Glendive, MT