Kudos to Scotty Greene for wanting to put the piano in tune correctly
with the original pipes.  It is a crime to change the pitch of these
original pipes to A-440 as they were designed to play at A-435.  These
pianos are now nearing the 100 year mark and should be preserved.

I have never understood why someone would want to raise the pitch on
these pianos as I have never seen them in use with a singer (vocalist)
and, let's face it, most singers do sing flat!  A-440 was a standard
pitch adopted late in manufacture of coin pianos and most all of the
coin pianos play the pipes at A-435.  The only exception I know would
be the Nelson-Wiggen that had the A-440 xylophone.

It is a real shame that some technicians have tried to change the pipes
to play at A-440 as they have ruined the pipes and potential value of
the machine that has them installed.  If you really want a piano to
have pipes that play at A-440 then build a new one.

Don Teach - Shreveport Music Co.
Shreveport, Louisiana
new shipping address: 115 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA 71104
new _mail_ address: P.O. Box 5295, Shreveport, LA 71135