[CAUT] seasonal SB failure

[Cy Shuster]

It does seem strange that our highest performance, most expensive 
instruments generally don't have the same full-time humidity control that we 
suggest for in-home clients!

For your instruments that are stored in climate control, what's your tuning 
protocol?  Do you bring them out hours before the concert and let them adapt 
to on-stage conditions before tuning, or is there little effect for the 
first eight hours or so?

For the instruments with systems installed, do you keep them plugged in 
onstage?  Same issue about the time it takes to change when unplugged.  Does 
keeping the system plugged in help combat baking under stage lights?  The 
undercover looks even nicer from the audience than before the system was 
installed, to me...

--Cy--

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Solliday" <solliday@ptd.net>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 12:48 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] seasonal SB failure


> I'd just like to interject that the pianos with Piano Life Saver Systems
> installed seem to sound better all the time and the ones suffering through
> the seasons without help have all the variance everyone is describing. I
> mostly can compare Steinways and Yamahas and a few Bosendorfers but they 
> all
> tell me the same thing. In two situations in two different schools there 
> is
> an interesting twist. The Steinway D's are stored in climate control but
> brought out and used for concerts only in the uncontrolled halls. One has 
> a
> Hamburg C as a companion with a System installed and one has a NY B and a
> Yamaha C-3 with systems installed. These are generally considered the
> rehearsal or accompaniment instruments but I am sure the tone and the
> stability are better and I have seen/heard this over many years. I also 
> have
> to do more tamping down of bridge pins and strings on the uncontrolled
> pianos. I can't prove nuthin' mind ya but I'm jus sayin'
> Chris Solliday