In a message dated 96-02-09 00:13:24 EST, you write: >My thanks to those who replied with the number of tunings which their >practice room and teaching studio pianos get per year. What I thought might >happen is that you'd all chime in, the way you introduce yourselves at a CAUT >meeting: name, college/university, and the annual Relative Humidity swing at >your place. We would all be interested in as wide a survey as possible. Dear Bill, Elizabeth Ward Midwestern State University August, 1995= 69% RH 70 degrees F February 1996= 22% RH 77 degrees F Pitch change= 40 cents This is our worst case at present- a 70's vintage Kimball studio in a lecture class room that we call "Piano Hell 101". Faculty claims that the winter temps run in the mid 90's but I haven't recorded anything above 85F. The choir room is worse but we managed to get a climate control unit on that piano(Steinway D). The teaching pianos are done twice a year.The practice rooms are seen once a year. We just try to work within their budget. Our experience at Vernon Regional Junior College is similar but we were able to get climate control units on most of their pianos (Baldwin Hamiltons) some years back. As a result, the pianos hold better but now we don't tune them as often. The music teacher will not call until the pianos reach a certain level and it just takes longer for the tunings to get that bad. Elizabeth Ward Registered Piano Technician Ward & Probst, Inc. Piano & Organ Service Wichita Falls, TX
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