Mar 18, 2024 | Pitch Raising, Tuning
When I sat down for my first lecture at the University of Western Ontario’s Piano Technology program, I was shocked at the complexity of what went into tuning a piano. One reason is that each and every piano is different — and, like people, each is...
Feb 7, 2024 | Pitch Raising, Tuning
When I think of the importance of tuning a piano to A440 (also known as Stuttgart pitch) two things come to mind: First, is the history — A440 is the musical pitch that corresponds to the frequency of 440Hz as a tuning standard for notes of A above middle C. It was...
