Grist for the Mill

[Don]

Hi Conrad,

Save your arms and ears--get a bottom cover on that piano asap.

At 05:46 AM 5/12/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>At 21:32 5/11/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>Terry asks: Do you find pianos that have not been tuned for 10 years to be 
>>50 cents flat? I find that it takes more like 25 or 30 years (or more) to 
>>go 50 cents flat.
>
>
>Terry, you really do lead a charmed life.
>
>Steinway is an allegedly good make. Just for fun, I looked at the record of 
>an "L" that is in a practice room, and, if the student worker gets to it 
>when he/she should, has a functional D-C unit. (no black diaper, however)
>
>I always tune to 440, since there are a bunch of other instruments which 
>use the piano for accompaniment.
>
>As found:
>11/02 - 438
>1/03  - 436.7
>5/03  - 440.2
>8/03  - 442.7
>10/03 - 438.5
>1/04  - 436.7
>4/04  - 436.9
>6/04  - 441.8
>8/04  - 442.5
>11/04 - 439
>
>(The pitch raise mode on my RCT gets a LOT of use.)
>
>This is only a _TWO_ year cycle. AND... there is at least an _attempt_ at 
>humidity control.  It only took 2 MONTHS to go 10-12¢ flat. I suspect that 
>25-30 years would find this one 200-300¢ flat.
>
>
>
>
>Conrad Hoffsommer
>Hyperpolysyllabicsesquipedalianist abecedarian-in-residence
>Decorah, IA
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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