piano
information
 A
properly tuned piano is essential for good musicianship. Young
students will be greatly hampered in their studies if their piano
is not kept in tune and in good working order. They will notice
the difference between their piano and their teacher's piano,
and it will confuse them. It will also interfere with ear training.
Worst of all, you may become accustomed to the sound of an out-of-tune
piano, so that the sound of a good piano, in concert or recording,
may sound strange. One thing is certain: it will be impossible
for your children to progress far in their studies if they have
to practice on a poor instrument, or even a good instrument if
it is not in tune.
Swelling and shrinking of the piano's soundboard is the most immediate
and noticeable effect of humidity change. The soundboard, a sheet
of wood approximately 3/8 of an inch thick, is made with a slightly
crowned shape. The strings pass over the soundboard and are connected
to it by a wooden piece called a bridge. The upward crown of the
soundboard presses the bridge tightly against the strings.
As the moisture level in the soundboard increases during periods
of high relative humidity, the crown expands and pushes the bridge
harder against the strings. The strings are stretched tighter and
the piano's pitch rises. Because this increase in crown is greater
in the center of the soundboard than at the edges, the pitch rises
more in the middle octaves than in the bass or treble registers.
During periods of low relative humidity the soundboard shrinks,
reducing the crown and decreasing pressure against the strings.
The pitch drops, again with the greatest effect noticeable in the
center of the keyboard. When relative humidity returns to its previous
level, the average pitch of all the strings will return to normal,
although the exact pitch of individual strings will be slightly
changed from their original settings.
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