Tuning experience

[Farrell]

That sounds plenty frustrating. The only thing I have experienced that might
be close to that was tuning a Yamy grand for an outdoor concert when the
Florida sun was playing peek-a-boo behind intermittent clouds.

In general, I have noted that pianos on the cruise ships are wonderfully
stable. I think often folks would think the opposite. But when you consider
that these floating dens of iniquity are the size of several football
fields, completely closed up, and have the AC running 24/7, it becomes easy
to envision the stability factor.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Ryan" <pryan2@the-beach.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 8:26 PM
Subject: Tuning experience


> I was tuning a C7 in a  theatre pit (aboard a ship) today.  I was told
> it was OK to tune as long as I didn't mind riding up and down on the pit
> elevator. They were testing it.   "Sure, why not!"  What an eye-opener
> for sound and temperature!  As I started tuning in the pit, the sound
> was bouncing all over, real easy to hear, hitting me in the face,
> bouncing around, but as the piano (and I) rose up into the cavernous
> theatre, the sound magically disintegrated and strained to fill the
> room.  Shortly I felt the wrap-around feeling of the cool air
> conditioning surrounding me and the piano and subsequently saw the
> red-lights on the SAT starting to run clockwise.  Then the elevator
> started downward and this phenomina was repeated again in reverse. A
> couple of times doing this was a real eye-opening experience in
> accoustics and piano stability.  FWIW.
>
> Phil Ryan
> Miami Beach
>
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