audience throws off pitch

[Avery Todd]

Well, Barbara,

Like "they" say: You go girl! :-)

Avery

At 04:12 PM 3/25/04, you wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Wally Scherer" <afinetune@yahoo.com>
>To: "pt" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:48 AM
>Subject: audience throws off pitch
>
>
> > Continuing with the theme of factors in the auditorium
> > that throw off the pitch, like stage lights, I had
> > this experience a few years ago.
>
>So, does anybody else have anything to say about stage lights and how long
>it takes to throw off a tuning???
>
>I DO remember walking into the auditorium the morning *after* a recital, to
>find the piano open and the spots had been left on all night.  Obviously,
>the stage crew had left early!   The lights had been on for 12 hours and the
>piano felt......warm.   My reaction was to walk into the nearby telephone
>booth and change from mild mannered piano technician into *Dragon Woman*.
>It never happened again (leaving the lights on, that is).  Maybe it was dumb
>luck, or fear of a woman who could breathe fire.  :-)
>
>
>Barbara Richmond, RPT
>
>
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