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I am not only talking about the chorus, regarding tuning, and the opening/closing of the sound, regarding intonation. I mean what I can request to achieve certain effects and what they might...
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pianoexpert
Hi The Simon, I wanted your opinion, and obviously also the opinion of anyone who wants to weigh in, on the software "Entropy piano tuner" which is an experimental open-source project for tu...
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good evening everyone, does anyone know or have they ever used this elect. tuner TLA? I read that it is used by piano technicians, organ builders, craft workshops and industry; compared to p...
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I would like to open a discussion on piano tuning; the reason is that I would like to be able to tune it myself, and not just for economic reasons. Where is it written that pianists must not...
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Thesimon
Dear Maestro, this time the question is: One and a half months ago, I tuned a Steinway 1/2 grand piano setting the tuning to 441 Hz, as per the owner's instructions. After about 20 days, I r...
hello, a few days ago the tuner came....after about 10 years (without being played) and a move...the pianos were also in storage for a year (in good condition, non-humid environment and well...
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pianoexpert
I wanted to kindly ask our piano expert what he thinks of this equipment to combat the problem of humidity and dryness in which our pianos are immersed, see the home environment. Unfortunate...
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Thesimon
Why did Verdi ask the government to officialize the 432 Hz pitch? Did he truly intuit improvements, or did he want to facilitate certain sections of the choir?
I recently moved a Bechstein 3/4 grand piano from my grandmother's house to mine. The piano is obviously out of tune, but my concern is that since it hasn't been played/tuned for 15 years, e...
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pianoexpert
hello everyone, I am writing to you in the hope of getting some suggestions to resolve a problem with my piano. In 2013, I purchased a new C.Bechstein upright; it has a beautiful sound, almo...
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Hello everyone, my name is Emiliano, I am 39 years old and I am from Turin. I approached the world of the piano some time ago and I would like to be able to work in this fantastic world. I a...
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Hello everyone, Due to a strange coincidence of fate, I find myself with 2 identical copies of G. Bettin's book "Il pianoforte da concerto Steinway & Sons". For those who are not familiar wi...
Hello everyone, I read somewhere online that in 1989 the "Carelli" law would have established that the tuning standard in conservatories is 440 hz. Do you have any information regarding this...
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Hello, I am an instrumentalist (woodwinds) who is studying the piano. I am writing because my new Kawai rx2 conservatory, only a few months old (official source), was delivered to me with a...
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Sergio
Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and also to the world of tuning. A friend asked me to try tuning his piano, which was previously tuned to 436. He would like to bring it to 440. What prob...
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pianoexpert
Yesterday morning I started practicing some pieces to perform during the day and I noticed a strong tuning error on E3 and F3. The third strings of these two keys had dropped by almost 1/2 t...
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Sergio
On my Chickering grand piano (circa 1910) that I am going to tune, it is written on the frame "tune at french pitch". The question is: perhaps by tuning it to french pitch (which from my res...
Hello friends of pianoconcerto, i would like to open a topic to examine and share opinions regarding tuning APPS. Personally, I have installed on my Android 4.3 the apps: 1) gStrings 2) Pian...
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Good morning everyone, I am new to the forum and wanted to get some clarification if possible. I recently inherited an old upright piano (yukino or something similar, the writing is hard to...
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After watching the video in question, I wanted to make a few useless clarifications, given the author's great expertise. But having tuned pipe organs for several years now, I wanted to have...
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pianoexpert
Hello; before purchasing a used upright piano, are there any practical ways to understand if it will hold its tuning in the future? Can the fact that the pins are in excellent condition and...
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pianoexpert
Good morning everyone, a new question from madness street number zero, where I live =D The question is addressed mainly to Simone, as I seem to have understood that he really knows his stuff...
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pianoexpert
Good evening everyone and happy holidays given the period =D First of all, compliments to those who manage and are behind this spectacular site, between videos, forums and so on, you are num...
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Thesimon
Hello everyone I was given an upright piano (Young Chang U131). It is at least 20 years old and has practically not been played since it was bought. I don't know much about the piano, I don'...
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Thesimon
Hi, vagando per internet ho trovato questo programma per accordare il pianoforte da scaricare sul computer. Ho notato che ne ha uno anche mio accordatore o forse qualcun'altro simile a quest...
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