On a stage piano I take care of I actually installed a retractable cord reel under the piano. Worked great. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Conrad Hoffsommer Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:16 AM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Tuning a concert piano with humidity control At 05:26 3/7/2005, you wrote: >Hi Phil, > >Yes, if possible. No, when the stage manager doesn't listen. > >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Stage manager??? WAZZAT?!?!?! everybody and everything moves the pianos in the recital hall. This morning after again finding the hamburger unplugged, I put the following on the piano and the wall backstage: !! Attention !! [in 48 size font] It seems to be a little known fact that the humidity control system fitted under the Hamburg (shiny) Steinway Concert grand works better at maintaining the tuning stability when it is actually plugged in. After moving on or off stage and after recitals, when it may have been unplugged for aesthetic reasons, PLEASE PLUG IT BACK IN! There are multiple outlets under the trap doors on stage and an outlet next to the emergency door backstage. The cord will reach to one of them, no matter where the piano may be located. Conrad Hoffsommer Piano Technician. - Jenson 189 - x1204 Not that it will do any good, but there is a preliminary competition in there this evening and this is a little bit of CYA. With any kind of luck, by the final competition on Thursday it will be back to stable. [vent over] Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS, CRS. Decorah, IA - Certified Calibration Technician for Bio-powered Digitally Activated Lever Action Tone Generation Systems. - Pianotech Flamesuit Purveyor - American Curmudgeon Society - Apprentice Member and Founder _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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