Hi Geoff, I had a recording session with a fortepiano in a completely controlled environment (Museum w 42% RH, etc.) and it still needed tunings every 15-20 minutes, no matter what I did! Baldassin found the same thing and had no "advice" to give me. Conrad gave great advice; think "guitar". Good luck. Jim Busby BYU ________________________________ From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Pollard Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 5:37 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: [CAUT] Fortepiano stability Hi all from Oz, I'm tuning 3 fortepianos for the Mozart triple piano concerto series this week and next, here in Sydney, for the leading baroque orchestra. Have just staggered home from Sat night after Friday night's first concert. Tuning stability was not good - and I am looking for any help from fellow CAUTs on techniques to nail tunings that will last more than one movement. I have about 2 hours pre-concert for tuning - 40 mins each. I'm hitting hard, and the 3 are becoming more obedient, but the arrival of 1.500 audience seems to unsettle them! Unison and octave drift. Any advice from fortepiano gurus out there? Thanks, Geoff Pollard Sydney Conservatorium of Music University of Sydney -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20061113/7ea2578b/attachment.html
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