Hi Paul, I think that it would depend on what your tuning schedule for the year is like. The two small universities that I tune for have all the pianos tuned in August, October, January, and March. Here in Northwest Ohio, we get humidity readings from as low as 15% in the winter to as high as 90%. I take a temperature and humidity gauge with me for each tuning and write down the information after each tuning. At both schools I have seen humidity changes of up to 60%. If you are not on a regular tuning schedule like the one that I have, I would tune only the performance pianos and wait for the rest. If they are tuned now and will not be tuned for another four months or so, you will probably be in big trouble. If you have a regular tuning schedule for only three months or so, I would go for it now and get all of the pianos done. If they sound as bad as the ones the I have checked at the universities so far, I would be willing to bet that they are horrible. God bless Bill Balmer, RPT Ohio Northern University and the University of Findlay In a message dated 08/11/10 17:10:42 Atlantic Daylight Time, pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu writes: 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/a54c946c/attachment.htm>
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