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Do you really have to tune a piano every 6 months?

What's the big deal if you just don't tune it at all?
Boyish theater selfie
  04/19/18
Rina tortures you
vengeful point
  04/19/18
depends on climate. but yeah. wood frame and connectors ...
Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad
  04/19/18
Strength is kind of irrelevant, but you're right that humidi...
Canary flickering private investor
  04/19/18
tensile strength is constant force of the wire pulling on th...
Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad
  04/19/18
bitch I'm a mechanical engineer, the material isn't undergoi...
Canary flickering private investor
  04/19/18
Wood absorbs moisture and is affected by both temperature an...
Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad
  04/19/18
... and obviously didn't study engineering. Expansion of the...
Canary flickering private investor
  04/19/18
LOL. I obviously did. So, piano's never need tuning becaus...
Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad
  04/19/18
I didn't disagree with you at all, in fact I just wasted a b...
Canary flickering private investor
  04/19/18
...
Tan Motley Dragon People Who Are Hurt
  04/19/18
climate = NYC what happens if i don't tune a piano in NYC...
Boyish theater selfie
  04/19/18
If in an air conditioned and controlled environment, probabl...
Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad
  04/19/18
no AC and no controlled environment anyway, what's the bi...
Boyish theater selfie
  04/19/18
Not unless you're a concert pianist.
Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad
  04/19/18
i dont bc i only know 1 song. also my piano is electronic.
primrose underhanded cuck
  04/19/18
lol @ this tuner flame
salmon sound barrier sweet tailpipe
  04/19/18
My wife made me buy her a piano 2 years ago. She never plays...
burgundy national
  04/19/18
You're probably fine getting it done every few years. Unless...
Snowy Stead
  04/19/18
Isn't this something that can be DIY'd? I imagine back in...
red appetizing ceo cumskin
  04/19/18
Just get a Yamaha keyboard
Tan Motley Dragon People Who Are Hurt
  04/19/18
I'm buying a house, and they're offering to throw in the upr...
Boyish theater selfie
  04/19/18
My mom played piano in the local symphony and taught piano l...
buck-toothed doctorate
  04/19/18
My wife insists on having ours tuned every two weeks. I have...
Marvelous puppy bawdyhouse
  04/19/18
...
Exhilarant Wagecucks
  04/19/18
Bet he can really tickle the ivories
lascivious gas station
  04/19/18
What music does she like? Jazz?
nudist windowlicker multi-billionaire
  04/19/18
You can tune a piano, buy you can't tuna fish!
carmine bateful place of business
  04/19/18
No the whole thing is a JEW SCAM.
nudist windowlicker multi-billionaire
  04/19/18
Seems like an inappropriate placeholder here.
Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad
  04/19/18
I’m pretty sure there’s a Chuck Palahniuk book where the pro...
salmon sound barrier sweet tailpipe
  04/19/18
Year’s probably fine. It sounds like shit and octaves become...
misanthropic twinkling background story site
  04/19/18
Depends on the piano, but every nine months seems the limit
histrionic lavender office
  04/19/18


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Date: April 19th, 2018 9:55 PM
Author: Boyish theater selfie

What's the big deal if you just don't tune it at all?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878117)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 9:56 PM
Author: vengeful point

Rina tortures you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878124)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 9:58 PM
Author: Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad

depends on climate.

but yeah. wood frame and connectors with a relatively constant wire producing sound.

If humidity changes, then so does the tensile strength of the connectors to resilient wires.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878133)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:00 PM
Author: Canary flickering private investor

Strength is kind of irrelevant, but you're right that humidity and temperature are very important. The frame can absorb moisture and expand in summer, or dry out and contract in winter. Also you have CLTE to worry about.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878144)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:03 PM
Author: Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad

tensile strength is constant force of the wire pulling on the wood in the environmental conditions. Wire won't give as easily as the wood.

You can warp all of it if you don't adjust the wire strength.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878155)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:06 PM
Author: Canary flickering private investor

bitch I'm a mechanical engineer, the material isn't undergoing plastic deformation. You're thinking of the elastic modulus since it will spring back after the humidity subsides and the material shrinks again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878186)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:08 PM
Author: Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad

Wood absorbs moisture and is affected by both temperature and humidity. Temperature is the only thing to worry about with wire.

Went to a T5 engineering school myself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878199)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:10 PM
Author: Canary flickering private investor

... and obviously didn't study engineering. Expansion of the wood necessitates the wire stretching or failing, I already talked about CLTE in my previous comment. If you wanted bonus nachos, you could even talk about thermal expansion differentials since obviously one will have a different coefficient than the other.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878213)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:12 PM
Author: Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad

LOL. I obviously did. So, piano's never need tuning because you were a mechanical engineer.

I get it.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878233)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:14 PM
Author: Canary flickering private investor

I didn't disagree with you at all, in fact I just wasted a bunch of time arguing that you reached the correct conclusion with the wrong method.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878241)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:11 PM
Author: Tan Motley Dragon People Who Are Hurt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878216)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:04 PM
Author: Boyish theater selfie

climate = NYC

what happens if i don't tune a piano in NYC?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878162)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:06 PM
Author: Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad

If in an air conditioned and controlled environment, probably not much.

Humidity is a big concern, but if temperature and humidity is controlled, probably not needed as often.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878184)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:09 PM
Author: Boyish theater selfie

no AC and no controlled environment

anyway, what's the big deal if it's a little out of tune? most people can't tell, right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878203)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:09 PM
Author: Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad

Not unless you're a concert pianist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878205)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 9:59 PM
Author: primrose underhanded cuck

i dont bc i only know 1 song. also my piano is electronic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878136)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:02 PM
Author: salmon sound barrier sweet tailpipe

lol @ this tuner flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878149)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:05 PM
Author: burgundy national

My wife made me buy her a piano 2 years ago. She never plays it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878176)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:05 PM
Author: Snowy Stead

You're probably fine getting it done every few years. Unless you have a good ear you might not even notice TBH.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878179)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:09 PM
Author: red appetizing ceo cumskin

Isn't this something that can be DIY'd?

I imagine back in the day the equipment and knowledge to do this would be beyond most people, but nowadays a measurement mic is cheap & there have got to be instructions online somewhere

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878207)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:12 PM
Author: Tan Motley Dragon People Who Are Hurt

Just get a Yamaha keyboard

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878230)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:44 PM
Author: Boyish theater selfie

I'm buying a house, and they're offering to throw in the upright piano for free. One of the keys doesn't work. Not sure about the overall condition of the thing. My wife wants to keep it because she thinks it looks pretty an d maybe our kid will play it someday (he's 2 yo now). I'm worried it'll be a pain in the ass to move (it's on the second floor)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878414)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 11:01 PM
Author: buck-toothed doctorate

My mom played piano in the local symphony and taught piano lessons at home. We had a Steinway. I don't think we even tuned it every 6 years. My uncle tuned it but he was an engineer who had actually restored old pianos so he knew what he was doing. All I know about pianos is they can be fixed and it's never bad to have one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878509)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:15 PM
Author: Marvelous puppy bawdyhouse

My wife insists on having ours tuned every two weeks. I have no idea why. The kids don't even play it, but she insists on having the piano tuner guy out every other Tuesday morning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878247)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:45 PM
Author: Exhilarant Wagecucks



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878422)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:46 PM
Author: lascivious gas station

Bet he can really tickle the ivories

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878433)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:55 PM
Author: nudist windowlicker multi-billionaire

What music does she like? Jazz?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878472)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:15 PM
Author: carmine bateful place of business

You can tune a piano, buy you can't tuna fish!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878248)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:54 PM
Author: nudist windowlicker multi-billionaire

No the whole thing is a JEW SCAM.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878468)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 11:21 PM
Author: Slap-happy Self-centered Plaza Chad

Seems like an inappropriate placeholder here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878650)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 11:20 PM
Author: salmon sound barrier sweet tailpipe

I’m pretty sure there’s a Chuck Palahniuk book where the protagonist is a piano tuner who fucks housewives all day as a functional male prostitute.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878642)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 11:37 PM
Author: misanthropic twinkling background story site

Year’s probably fine. It sounds like shit and octaves become physically painful if you don’t.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878736)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 11:44 PM
Author: histrionic lavender office

Depends on the piano, but every nine months seems the limit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3954297&forum_id=2#35878786)