<story><title>Why are pianos traditionally tuned “out of tune” at the extremes?</title><url>https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/14244/why-are-pianos-traditionally-tuned-out-of-tune-at-the-extremes</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>vnorilo</author><text>Related: in a grand piano, the hammers strike the string at a node of the 5th harmonic (thus avoiding excitation), which reduces the beating from thirds that do not match the harmonic series (due to equal temperament)</text></comment>
<story><title>Why are pianos traditionally tuned “out of tune” at the extremes?</title><url>https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/14244/why-are-pianos-traditionally-tuned-out-of-tune-at-the-extremes</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>xchip</author><text>Related: If you have a piano you can check that by using my online tuner that shows you the power of all the 88 notes a piano has. This means you can look at the fundamental frequency and its harmonics too.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;htmlpreview.github.io&amp;#x2F;?https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;aguaviva&amp;#x2F;GuitarTuner&amp;#x2F;blob&amp;#x2F;master&amp;#x2F;GuitarTuner.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;htmlpreview.github.io&amp;#x2F;?https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;aguaviva&amp;#x2F;G...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>