Temperature Change affecting pitch

[Farrell]

Dear Jim Bryant:

Is this at least in part where that saying "We don't care how you do it up
north (or out west?)" comes from?

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <JIMRPT@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Temperature Change affecting pitch


>
> In a message dated 3/30/2000 11:36:39 AM, you wrote:
>
> <<"Dear List, I disagree,
>
> Air Conditioners do NOT remove moisture from the air.">>
>
> Larry;
> Perhaps air conditioners work differently in AZ. :-)
>  But in most of Floridas' air conditioners moisture 'is' removed from the
air
> being conditioned.........this happens as warm moist air is passed over
the
> condensing coils/baffles cooling it significantly and causing the
entrained
> moist air to lose some of its moisture..... as, in the act of cooling,
a.k.a.
> heat transfer,, condensation forms and drains away from the unit via the
drip
> tube/drain line......................... thus humidity in the air
conditioned
> spaces is changed both in 'absolute' humidity (entrained moisture per
liter
> of air) and 'relative' humidity (percentage of moisture vis a vis
> temperature).
> At least that is the way it works in Florida :-)
> Jim Bryant (FL)
>
>