We have been working on the piano action of our 1917 Coinola K.
Without giving it much thought, when the action was repaired we tuned
the piano to A=440.  This was clearly a mistake!

It was originally way flat for A=440, and now I know why.  The pipes
will not tune to A440, and moreover the metal pipes were all tuned as
sharp as they would go with the slides all against their stops, which
makes me think it was tuned too high even before we boosted it up to
A=440.

We will now determine where the pipes are happy and tune the piano to
match.  My question is, does anyone know what the original tuning level
was when the unit was produced?

Scotty Greene - DeBence Museum
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