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It’s back-to-school time, an intense period for piano technicians, leaving little time for blog posts. I want to quickly inform you that the phone’s pitch includes an almost perfect “A 440Hz” (at least here in Canada). No need for a tuning fork to know if the piano is in tune! For a more precise estimation, you may want to play your “A” for us over the phone.<\/p>\n

We calibrate our tuning forks using an extremely precise reference: the National Institute of Standards and Technology<\/a> broadcasts signals over shortwaves and by phone at specific frequencies, which we use for this purpose.<\/p>\n

As the relative humidity is going to decrease (even plummet!) with the approach of winter, you may notice changes in the pitch of sounds produced by your instrument; they will go lower. Just give us a call, and “voi-la”, we’ll to get them back to pitch.<\/p>\n

Looking forward to helping you out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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