>... recently had an experience with an old upright that >sat out overnight and got real cold..near freezing. The piano was moved >into a theatre where I was waiting to tune. I checked the pitch and it was >about 30 cents or so flat. I raised the pitch and decided to come back >later and tune it after the temp had equalized. The plate was very cold! >When I came back a couple hours later the piano had gone 25 cents or so >sharp!... >Dick Beaton RPT Helena, MT Had a similar experience in a church santuary, but on an organ. Extremely cold environment when I arrived. Organ measured minus 5000 cents <g>......piano measured right on. Heat was turned on. Half hour later the organ came right up to pitch...piano stayed right on. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't been there. Very weird moment for me. Keith A. McGavern kam544@ionet.net Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA
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