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Why Does a Piano Goes Out of Tune ?

Piano strings are under a great deal of tension that is supported by the frame, plate, pinblock, tuning pins, bridges and soundboard. Anything that affects the position of any of these parts will cause a change in tension and make the piano go out of tune. Playing : The louder and more often you play a piano, the faster it goes out of tune by a small amount. This is due to equalization of tension along the length of the strings. The better you "set the strings" during tuning, less this happens. (Arthur A. Reblitz)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"

A piano tuner adjusts strings one at a time through all 220 strings on a piano to bring a piano in to tune (A440). Piano tuning is the act of making minute adjustments to the tensions of the strings of a piano to properly align the intervals between their tones so that the instrument is in tune. The meaning of the term in tune in the context of piano tuning is not simply a particular fixed set of pitches. Fine piano tuning requires an assessment of the interaction between notes, which is different for every piano, thus in practice requiring slightly different pitches from any theoretical standard. Pianos are usually tuned to a modified version of the system called equal temperament. In all systems of tuning, every pitch may be derived from its relationship to a chosen fixed pitch, which is usually A440. Piano tuning is done by a wide range of independent piano tuner technicians, piano rebuilders, piano store technicians and store piano tuners.

The piano, also known as the "pianoforte", was invented in Italy ( Bartolomeo Cristofori ) in 1709. An extremely versatile instrument, the piano keyboard spans seven and a half octaves. The two most common types of pianos are the Grand piano and the Upright piano. Probably the most well-known maker of pianos is Steinway & Sons.