This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment That must be a Brazilian piano...;-] David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California Original message From: pianotune05@comcast.net To: Pianotech Received: 1/4/2006 6:13:47 PM Subject: Re: Tuning Standard Hi again everyone, I wish this piano I did today was only a 1/2 step off. It was so off t= hat the a4 didn' t even sound like an a when first played. I hope I di= d the pitch raise right. I raised and tuned at the same time. Next time= I'm going to just match a440 and get the notes up to as close as possi= bel then actually tune it. Would that work? Marshall -------------- Original message -------------- From: David Vanderhoofven <david@vanderpiano.com> > Hi Arlie, > > Short answer, and sorry about the lack of time for a full answer. > > 1. Technicians who don't know how to do pitch raises or how to sell p= itch > raises. > 2. Musicians who don't care that their piano is 1/2 step flat and/or = don't > want to pay for the pitch raise. > 3. Pianos with extreme rust and the technician is afraid of replacing= > broken strings > 4 Pianos with extreme rust and the customer doesn't want to pay for > replacing broken strings > 5. Worn out, moth-eaten, rusted out hulks that have received almost n= o > service and the cost of the pitch raise would be more than the value = of the > piano. > 6. Structural damage to the piano and the piano ! couldn't take the e= xtra > tension on the strings without serious damage. > > Must my 2 cents: A piano that is 1/2 step flat is not suited for use = by a > musician or student. A piano needs to be at the correct pitch for > ear-training, music lessons, performances and playing with other musi= cal > instruments or recordings. It doesn't make sense to me to leave a pia= no > 1/2 step flat unless the client is unwilling or unable to pay for the= pitch > correction. And if the customer is unwilling to pay for the pitch > correction that is necessary, they are also unlikely to pay for any o= ther > needed service the piano needs. > > Just some ideas off of the top of my head. > Sincerely, > > David A. Vanderhoofven > Registered Piano Technician > Joplin, MO > > At 12:14 PM 1/4/2006, you wrote: > >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 obviou= s > >pitch/transposing challenges. > > > >Arlie Rauch > >Glendive, MT > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/61/23/2c/23/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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