Post-shift tuning
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Post-shift tuning
What's the general rule of thumb about when to tune a piano after its been shifted? I've heard people say one should wait for a couple of months.
Should one wait until the piano has had time to acclimatize to its new micro-climate, or have it tuned immediately?
Would the advice be different if a piano hadn't been tuned for a long time before being shifted? I've recently had moved into my home a 104 year old Feurich upright. It hasn't been tuned for some years (and sounds remarkably good given that fact!), but does need a tune.
Should I get it tuned immediately and then again in a few months? Or am I wasting my time (and the tuner's!) if I get it tuned so soon after it's been shifted? Should I just wait a few months until its settled down?
Thanks for any advice you might have for me.
Regards,
Should one wait until the piano has had time to acclimatize to its new micro-climate, or have it tuned immediately?
Would the advice be different if a piano hadn't been tuned for a long time before being shifted? I've recently had moved into my home a 104 year old Feurich upright. It hasn't been tuned for some years (and sounds remarkably good given that fact!), but does need a tune.
Should I get it tuned immediately and then again in a few months? Or am I wasting my time (and the tuner's!) if I get it tuned so soon after it's been shifted? Should I just wait a few months until its settled down?
Thanks for any advice you might have for me.
Regards,
Anthony Cooke
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I always suggest 2-3 weeks for any piano but if it hasn't been tuned for a long time then it might need 2 tunings. It may sound good to you but to a tuner it might sound awful
Tuners have different suggestions and there's no golden rule but I would leave it 2-3 weeks then have it tuned and if it needs pulling up ( bearing in mind its age and the condition of the strings etc) then I would have a pitch and fine followed by a tuning 2-3 months later. But every tuners different, some have red eyes
Tuners have different suggestions and there's no golden rule but I would leave it 2-3 weeks then have it tuned and if it needs pulling up ( bearing in mind its age and the condition of the strings etc) then I would have a pitch and fine followed by a tuning 2-3 months later. But every tuners different, some have red eyes
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