In a message dated 96-03-11 20:19:11 EST, University@emin10.mail.aol.com (Wally Wilson) writes: >Re: piano recommendation Dear Wally and all, I don't know is my situation is the "best" or not, but it seems to work for me. In our Performing Arts Center, we have a Hamburg D, a NY D, a C7, and three U1's. The U1's and the C7 have Dampp Chasers since they are used in areas that we can almost always keep them plugged in. The D's do not have climate control systems, but the room they are stored in is now reasonably stable, temperature stays at 70, humidity around 55%. (It took me almost the entire first year to get building maintenance to regulate the system in the storage room, but I finally convinced them to do it. What a year of flux that was!) Now, as long as the storage room system stays reasonably stable, the pianos do too. When something goes awry with the system, the pianos go awry as well. Both D's are usually tuned at least once a week. If nothing is scheduled, I will still stop by and give them a quick tuning, usually taking no more than 15 or 20 minutes. I've found that the more stable I keep the pitch and unisions, the easier it is to tune for concerts. I might add that I have my tunings for each instrument stored in my Accutuner; this really helps the tuning time factor. When they are scheduled for use, I try to have them brought to the stage area at least a day before the concert to allow them time to acclimate to the stage environment. I've come to believe that this is one of the most important factors for stability during performance. On those rare times that they are brought straight down without time to acclimate, the tunings are not nearly as stable. Gina Carter
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