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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?
bespoke nursing home travel guidebook
  04/19/18
Rina tortures you
orchid flickering stag film
  04/19/18
depends on climate. but yeah. wood frame and connectors ...
mahogany keepsake machete trust fund
  04/19/18
Strength is kind of irrelevant, but you're right that humidi...
magenta brethren
  04/19/18
tensile strength is constant force of the wire pulling on th...
mahogany keepsake machete trust fund
  04/19/18
bitch I'm a mechanical engineer, the material isn't undergoi...
magenta brethren
  04/19/18
Wood absorbs moisture and is affected by both temperature an...
mahogany keepsake machete trust fund
  04/19/18
... and obviously didn't study engineering. Expansion of the...
magenta brethren
  04/19/18
LOL. I obviously did. So, piano's never need tuning becaus...
mahogany keepsake machete trust fund
  04/19/18
I didn't disagree with you at all, in fact I just wasted a b...
magenta brethren
  04/19/18
...
Pearly galvanic address mediation
  04/19/18
climate = NYC what happens if i don't tune a piano in NYC...
bespoke nursing home travel guidebook
  04/19/18
If in an air conditioned and controlled environment, probabl...
mahogany keepsake machete trust fund
  04/19/18
no AC and no controlled environment anyway, what's the bi...
bespoke nursing home travel guidebook
  04/19/18
Not unless you're a concert pianist.
mahogany keepsake machete trust fund
  04/19/18
i dont bc i only know 1 song. also my piano is electronic.
Razzle Dull Potus
  04/19/18
lol @ this tuner flame
Costumed Internet-worthy Lay
  04/19/18
My wife made me buy her a piano 2 years ago. She never plays...
Olive concupiscible genital piercing affirmative action
  04/19/18
You're probably fine getting it done every few years. Unless...
ruddy french parlor
  04/19/18
Isn't this something that can be DIY'd? I imagine back in...
Saffron Adventurous Digit Ratio Mood
  04/19/18
Just get a Yamaha keyboard
Pearly galvanic address mediation
  04/19/18
I'm buying a house, and they're offering to throw in the upr...
bespoke nursing home travel guidebook
  04/19/18
My mom played piano in the local symphony and taught piano l...
mustard shivering twinkling uncleanness
  04/19/18
My wife insists on having ours tuned every two weeks. I have...
beta box office quadroon
  04/19/18
...
Spruce fluffy immigrant
  04/19/18
Bet he can really tickle the ivories
Nighttime kitty
  04/19/18
What music does she like? Jazz?
domesticated goyim
  04/19/18
You can tune a piano, buy you can't tuna fish!
Chrome ceo theater stage
  04/19/18
No the whole thing is a JEW SCAM.
domesticated goyim
  04/19/18
Seems like an inappropriate placeholder here.
mahogany keepsake machete trust fund
  04/19/18
I’m pretty sure there’s a Chuck Palahniuk book where the pro...
Costumed Internet-worthy Lay
  04/19/18
Year’s probably fine. It sounds like shit and octaves become...
infuriating internal respiration
  04/19/18
Depends on the piano, but every nine months seems the limit
Self-centered tan private investor orchestra pit
  04/19/18


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Date: April 19th, 2018 9:55 PM
Author: bespoke nursing home travel guidebook

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: orchid flickering stag film

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: mahogany keepsake machete trust fund

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: magenta brethren

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: mahogany keepsake machete trust fund

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: magenta brethren

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: mahogany keepsake machete trust fund

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: magenta brethren

... 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: mahogany keepsake machete trust fund

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: magenta brethren

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: Pearly galvanic address mediation



(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: bespoke nursing home travel guidebook

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: mahogany keepsake machete trust fund

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: bespoke nursing home travel guidebook

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: mahogany keepsake machete trust fund

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: Razzle Dull Potus

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: Costumed Internet-worthy Lay

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: Olive concupiscible genital piercing affirmative action

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: ruddy french parlor

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: Saffron Adventurous Digit Ratio Mood

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: Pearly galvanic address mediation

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: bespoke nursing home travel guidebook

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: mustard shivering twinkling uncleanness

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: beta box office quadroon

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: Spruce fluffy immigrant



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Date: April 19th, 2018 10:46 PM
Author: Nighttime kitty

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: domesticated goyim

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: Chrome ceo theater stage

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: domesticated goyim

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: mahogany keepsake machete trust fund

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: Costumed Internet-worthy Lay

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: infuriating internal respiration

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: Self-centered tan private investor orchestra pit

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

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