In response to an earlier post that mentions pianos that dropped pitch, especially after 8 tunings... I have a piano in a church that I have tuned for several years quite successfully, but they recently moved to a new location. I tuned the piano after the move, and received a call three months later to do it again. The piano was about 8 cents flat, and very out of tune. The only reason I can find for the instability is that the building is not heated or air conditioned, and the temp in the sanctuary varied from stifling to chilly during the week. They also move the piano "carefully" (they tell me) off of the raised platform for weddings (about a six inch step). They tell me they have about 8 guys to lift it carefully up and down. That could cause some slippage, but not 8 cents in 3 months, could it????? Ed Carwithen Oregon
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