Here in NY, it's been awfully humid and hot but they say it'll abate somewhat this weekend. However, I know that we're still in for another month or more of hot and humid. Just gotta jump in and tune those suckers. -Zeno Wood On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Paul T Williams < pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote: > Hey Caut's; > > I went over to one of our venues and lowered the pianos from A-444 to 440. > It's so humid, that everything is sticking. Soft pedal action wont return > the action to rest (temp fix: loosen the cheek block screws) Lots of > squeeks and groans I've never heard from these instruments before. Since > they get moved so much, I can't really get a DC on them. > > It's supposed to relax starting this Friday. School starts a week from > Monday and it starts up with a bang! > > Should I hold off til next week or trudge into it now? First recital in 2 > weeks. > > How much does humidity affect voicing? The Steinway D needs a little, the > Baldwin D needs a lot. > > Thanks > Paul > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100811/623c2495/attachment.htm>
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