Klarinet Archive - Posting 000591.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuning, etc.
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 02:09:19 -0400

At 11:08 PM 9/16/98 -0700, Jim Lytthans wrote:
> My father was a piano tuner, among other occupations. He explained
>that a piano, if tuned exactly in the upper two octaves, will sound
>flat, because of it's acoustic properties. Generally, a piano is pulled
>up a few cents(one cent is 1/100th of a semi-tone) in the upper range to
>compensate. Tuners here in the Los Angeles area like to tune to
>A=442-443 (at the pianist's request), so "they can carry above the
>orchestra". The problem is that string players quickly climb up to that
>pitch level, leaving the rest of the orchestra fighting the high pitch.
>
MORE proof that the rising pitch problem is created by prima donna players,
pianists as well as string players.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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