Do you tune a Square Grand to A-440?

[Farrell]

"I don't tune square grands to any pitch."  Neat trick. Tunings must go real fast. How do the pianos sound with this approach? What does this approach involve - not altering center string pitch and tuning its unisons to it? Ever been called a year later to tune again?

"...used a lot during  the last 1/4 century."  I'm pretty sure that from 1975 to 200 most pianos were tuned to Standard International Pitch of A=440 Hz.

Anon
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  I don't tune square grands to any pitch.  If you want to try it, tune it to the old International pitch of A-435 which was used a lot during  the last 1/4 century.
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    I have a client that has a newly strung square grand, should it be tuned to A-440?  Someone told me that square grands were not tuned to A-440 but lower.  

    Which pitch then, if I may ask?

    Thank you,

    Tim
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