a tuning question

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Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:27:42 EST


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Greetings,=20

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 In Feb '04 I tuned two church pia=
nos that were below pitch.=20
They were=A0 down at about A430 or less. After I was done they were A440. I=20=
did=20
pitch raises. This year, I went back and found that both pianos were about 1=
0=20
cycles sharp...and this is February...the heat has been on for 4+ months the=
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things should be flat, if anything, right? But nooo.... they're sharp.=20

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 On the first piano, (a Kawaii studio=
 upright) I thought: "Ok=20
this is in a basement (choir rehearsal room) and it could be that moisture=20
absorbed into the thing and so it's sharp". However, when I got upstairs to=20=
the=20
sanctuary ( a Steinway console)=A0 piano, its even sharper(!) (about 3 cycle=
s=20
sharper than the one in the basement) and a little business card of another=20=
tuner=20
is in there; a date on it reads:=20
8-9-04=A0 A440...along with a list of other dates that indicated that they w=
ere=20
tuned twice a year by this tuner. (That card with dates was in there last=20
February too).

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 I am a stickler for A440 so today I=20=
took each of the pianos and=20
made them A4440 again. My question is: WHY? Why were these pianos so=20
***@#$*#$%^% sharp!!!??
Could it be that the other tuner turned them up in August 04 after I was=20
there in Feb '04?=A0 The story was when I was called in that were tuned regu=
larly by=20
this other tuner, (the card indicated such)=A0 Yet, the pianos were so flat=20
when I was called in, in Feb '04 that I had to pull them both up....what=20
gives????


Julia Gottchall.=20
Reading, PA


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