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Dec 21, 2017 8:39 AM
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Just a random question that I'm curious about.

The highest note that a piano normally can produce is a 4th octave C, right?
Can we tune it higher so that it can play a 4th octave D? Or the piano wire will break?

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Dec 21, 2017 5:10 PM
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I don't know about a piano, but I know you can tune a violin higher than it is, so it stands to reason you should be able to tune a piano higher, since they're both string instruments. However, there's a chance that over-tightening the strings would make the string break.
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Dec 21, 2017 5:57 PM
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Maybe somewhere out there they got double and triple pianos which have many more high pitched keys :D
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Dec 21, 2017 11:26 PM
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katsucats said:
I don't know about a piano, but I know you can tune a violin higher than it is, so it stands to reason you should be able to tune a piano higher, since they're both string instruments. However, there's a chance that over-tightening the strings would make the string break.


I see. So, it's possible to tune higher than it is. But you would have to play it softly to avoid breaking the string?

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Dec 23, 2017 2:34 AM
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Haoto_Akiyama said:
katsucats said:
I don't know about a piano, but I know you can tune a violin higher than it is, so it stands to reason you should be able to tune a piano higher, since they're both string instruments. However, there's a chance that over-tightening the strings would make the string break.
I see. So, it's possible to tune higher than it is. But you would have to play it softly to avoid breaking the string?
If it's too tight, probably. If it's just a note higher, probably not.
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Dec 23, 2017 7:53 AM
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I think at that point the wire would be too tight to get a nice vibration and good sound out of it anyway. Each note's wire is a different length and thickness made specifically for the note it plays.
Dec 23, 2017 10:01 AM
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The thinner & shorter it gets, the higher the note will be? I know there's a limit. But I don't think anyone has every tried tuning a piano any higher.

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