How would you describe sound of a newly tuned piano?

[alzado]

We just had our piano tuned.  We tune it about once a year.

I am not gifted with perfect pitch, and do not even have especially good hearing.  Typical of many of us senior citizens.  But I can notice the difference.

What's a good way to describe the sound of a newly tuned piano in layman's terms?

I think it has a clean, pure sort of sound. 

I suspect the clean, crisp sound has to do with the triads now all being together.  A year out from a tune, some of the strings in the triads drift off a little bit, and you get a slightly "blurred" sound, a kind of "haziness."

Anyone have other impressions?

[thalberg]

We just had our piano tuned.  We tune it about once a year.

I am not gifted with perfect pitch, and do not even have especially good hearing.  Typical of many of us senior citizens.  But I can notice the difference.

What's a good way to describe the sound of a newly tuned piano in layman's terms?

I think it has a clean, pure sort of sound. 

I suspect the clean, crisp sound has to do with the triads now all being together.  A year out from a tune, some of the strings in the triads drift off a little bit, and you get a slightly "blurred" sound, a kind of "haziness."

Anyone have other impressions?

I agree with your clean, pure idea.

Also--the only intervals on a piano that are tuned perfectly is the octave.  So after my piano is tuned I like to play octaves and listen to how great they sound.

[richard black]

the only intervals on a piano that are tuned perfectly is the octave

And usually not even them...

[quantum]

Crisp, unified, clear perspective, cohesive.  I too notice that playing on an out of tune piano octaves that are off are a lot more noticeable. 

[dan101]

Uplifting, both in tone and spirit.

[jakev2.0]

In tune!  The sound of newly tuned piano differs greatly from piano to piano by virtue of variation in quality of the instruments.  Good piano tuners typically voice the instrument too, so a tuned piano can sound muddy or bright...

If you`re doubting the quality of your piano`s tuning, buy one of those pitch sensors, hit a note and see if they match up, or invite a friend with good pitch over to test it.  When I first bought my upright it came with one `free tuning`...I came home to find the instrument entirely A QUARTER TONE SHARP. So much for free tuning.