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pietersejl
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A month ago we bought a very old (1913) Bechstein model A piano, reconditioned around 20 years ago and in excellent condition. As part of the deal we agreed that it would be tuned after it had settled down in its new home. The piano was already pretty much in tune, although there was one area in particular - A and C# 2 octaves above - that sounded a bit 'wobbly'.
The tuner arrived yesterday and did his bit. After he had finished I've found that although he has corrected the wobbly thirds in the middle and upper register, the octaves played in the lower register 'beat' much more noticeably than before - they don't sound out of tune, but there is a resonance there. The middle and upper register do sound a lot tighter than before the tuning.
I was just wondering if this is normal - shouldn't the lower octaves still be perfectly in tune with each other, or is this a quality of the tuning that he used?
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bgneub
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I remember having an old spinet once that had to be 'tuned twice' because it was so badly out of whack. I never did understand that...
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