Hello all,
I pitch raised and tuned an old Kimball baby grand today. It was tiny, looked less than 5 ft long and had sort of a french provincial case style. It was about 11 cents low, and I tightened all of the plate bolts before commencing. The tuning pins were solid torque wise except for a few that were maybe borderline. After pitch raising and tuning to A440 and while checking octaves, I discovered that many notes were flat again! I hit those again checking octaves and double octaves. Some notes would be badly out of tune again when I circled back around! I do a lot of concert tuning in my area and I know how to set a pin well. If the plate bolts are tight and the pins are not loose what would cause this piano to have difficulty holding a tuning? Thanks for all of your wisdom - I look forward to hearing everyone's thoughts
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Eric Werner RPT
Medford OR
(541) 301-7988
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