How low is a piano?

I've heard that the open low string on a upright bass is about 42hz. Does anyone know where the lowest notes on a piano fall?

grimace04-19-2010 11:31pm

hoff48 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 26 posts 04-20-2010 at 12:01am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The lowest is A at 27.5 hz. Middle C is 262 hz. The highest is a C at 4286 hz.
kenyonbm Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 140 posts 04-20-2010 at 12:03am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete On a 88 note piano, the low A is 27.5 hz.
hoff48 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 26 posts 04-20-2010 at 12:18am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Sorry. That should be 4186 for the highest.
philjolet Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,262 posts 04-20-2010 at 12:30am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete 4186 hz Hmm higher than the crossover point for most tweeters... another reason pianos are difficult to reproduce...
nsgarch Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,517 posts 04-20-2010 at 01:43am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Supposedly, the two hardest things to record are piano and human voice -- not because of frequency range, but because they have wider dynamics (soft-to-loud) than all other sources. Anyone else ever hear this?