pitch of old upright

[Ed Sutton]

Alan-

Any signs of trouble? Broken strings? Loose pins? Cracked bridges? Warped back frame?

Uprights with agraffes often tune very smoothly with no string rendering problems, because the string usually goes from the agraffe straight to the tuning pin with no bumps to drag over.

My 1892 Mathushek with agraffes has all original strings and is one of the easiest tuning pianos I've ever met, and is happy at 440 Hz.

Use an ETD for the pitch raise so you don't overdo it.

Ed Sutton
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: reggaepass at aol.com 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 7:40 AM
  Subject: pitch of old upright


  List,

  A client has a Reed and Sons upright, made in Chicago in 1907.  It was last tuned three years ago, but is currently 20 to 45 cents flat.  Features include a full plate, agraffes throughout the tenor and treble, continuous brass hammer rail flange, and balance rail pins that start at the top of the keys and protrude UP into the balance rail .  Does anyone know what pitch this instrument is designed for?

  Thanks,

  Alan Eder

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