---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Institutional heating systems seldom have humidification during the=20 winter months. The pianos get drier and drier as the winter progresses,=20= and the pianos get flatter and flatter in pitch. Despite the wonders of=20= global warming, Massachusetts had several weeks of record breaking cold=20= temperature in January, which brought the relative humidity way, way=20= down. The result: pianos going very badly out of tune, and severely=20 flat. New cracks in several clients' pianos. Including a one year old=20 Boston grand, at a local high school. Aside from that major caveat, yes, some "tuners" can't be bothered to=20 adjust a piano's pitch. PS Was the "8 cycles flat" uniform, or mostly in the region above the=20 bass/tenor break? This region really drops like a rock in low humidity=20= conditions (especially on Asian pianos). Patrick On Mar 15, 2004, at 7:44 AM, Alpha88x@aol.com wrote: > Greetings, > =A0 > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 I have a new customer who is = head of a music department.=20 > Claims she gets all the pianos tuned 3 times a year: All newer (1980+=20= > -) Yamahas. One is a grand C7.=A0 I found them all around 8 cycles=20 > flat!=A0 I find this difficult to fathom. Yet the tuner's card is = inside=20 > the piano with all the dates written on it. > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 I am really having a hard = time believing that these=20 > pianos were actually brought up to pitch at each tuning. I own a=20 > Yamaha. They hold a tuning (In my home anyway). The pianos are only=20 > used about 10 hours a week more than a residence. What could be=20 > causing such a drop? > > rookie > Julia Gottchall' > Reading, PA=A0= ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2089 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d7/ac/6e/09/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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