Ron, A few days ago I spoke with a gentleman who wanted me to come tune his piano because "the last tuner's job didn't last very long." I explained that, while the tuner may have been at fault, a more likely cause is the seasonal humidity fluctuation, which has been wild so far this year, and I can't guarantee that my job will last any longer. This scenario bothers me. How can one protect his reputation in light of the strange weather we've been having lately (long very cold winter followed by a cool very wet spring)? I can't think of any way, if the customer isn't interested in humidity control, and even the tunings of some of the pianos with complete systems aren't holding up as well as usual. In an ordinary year this is almost the best time to schedule a tuning. Thoughts, anyone? Regards, Clyde Hollinger, RPT Lititz, PA, USA Ron Nossaman wrote: > Got a call from one of my churches the other day. They had a broken string. > Really? Who'd have thought? "Do you want it tuned while I'm there?", I > asked. "No", he replied, "You tuned it not that long ago and it still > sounds fine to me. Just the string". > > Yamaha G-3, last tuned in March, at 72° and 45% RH. The building today was > at 74° and 77% RH. The piano sounded absolutely wretched. But it couldn't > be too bad, no longer than it had been since I tuned it - never mind the > 32% RH change since then. > > Duuh.
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