Electronic Keyboard Goes Out Of Tune

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The Yamaha PSR-E473 electronic keyboard, manufactured in 2024, has been reported to go out of tune, specifically 1% flat, requiring users to adjust the tuning from A 440 to A 444. This phenomenon raises questions about the reliability of digital tuning mechanisms. Users are advised to check functions 55 through 58 in the user manual to ensure proper settings. The issue may stem from physical component sensitivity, as indicated by a 23-day cycle of tuning fluctuation.

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One of my Yamaha electronic keyboards has gone out of tune. It's 1% flat. It's not a problem -- I just tune it up so I'm not looking for a cure-- the point is I'm surprised that this is possible. I thought digital musical devices couldn't go out of tune.
 
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Interesting.
What is the model, and what year was it made.
How do you tune it up, maybe that adjustment device is failing?
 
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Yes.. Does it have an adjustment to put it out of standard tune (perhaps to play with elderly "more tender" instruments? It is hard to bend a quartz crystal by 1%.
 
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Baluncore said:
Interesting.
What is the model, and what year was it made.
How do you tune it up, maybe that adjustment device is failing?
Yamaha PSR-E473, 2024. It has many adjustable features, including tuning. I have to set A 440 to 444 to get it to conform to the rest of the world. It just started doing that recently.

It might have been the computer that I get my music from but no, my other keyboard is still in tune.
 
Top up the battery? :oldbiggrin:
 
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Today after 23 days the keyboard spontaneously returned to A 440.
 
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Hornbein said:
Today after 23 days the keyboard spontaneously returned to A 440.
Sunspots. It's always because sunspots.
 
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Today after 23 days the keyboard spontaneously returned to A 440.
Most (pseudo-scientific) biorhythm models, use three cycles: a 23-day physical cycle, a 28-day emotional cycle, and a 33-day intellectual cycle.
The 23-day time suggests there is something physically wrong with the components, the connections or solder joints. Check it for physical vibration sensitivity, by tapping the electronics gently with a drumstick. Pick your tune.
 
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Today after 23 days the keyboard spontaneously returned to A 440.
Now we wait to find out if the failure cycle is a square wave.
 
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