Howdy Ed, Two things you might consider. The piano will sound brighter, this might help the bass if it is going dead. Modern instruments will be beter able to tune with it. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul T Williams To: edwcarw at yahoo.com ; pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] International pitch 435 Hi Ed, I'm curious.....why would you want to raise it up to 440 when it's been at 435 for 'many years'? You'll be struggling with it being stable for several tunings. Paul Ed Carwithen <edwcarw at yahoo.com> Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 01/17/2009 02:05 PM Please respond to edwcarw at yahoo.com; Please respond to pianotech at ptg.org To Piano Tech List <pianotech at ptg.org> cc Subject [pianotech] International pitch 435 I know this has been hashed and re-hashed, but just to be sure.... The Catholic cathedral has a 1913 Chickering Grand with "International pitch 435" emblazoned on the plate. It has been tuned at that for many years. I assured them that raising the pitch to 440 would not prove injurious to the piano. The strings appear good, the piano itself is in good shape. I should be ok... Yes?? Ed Carwithen John Day, OR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090118/1a4ee78f/attachment-0001.html>
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