tuning pianos in Florida

[paul bruesch]

Where I am in Minnesota, I'm at 45 Degrees North Latitude. Today
sunrise was at 7:46am and sunset was 4:32pm, so we got about 1.5 hours
less daytime here than in Tampa.  I'm not certain, but I'd bet that on
summer solstice we get 1.5 hours more than Tampa.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN
(-92.8156 west longitude, 45.0657 north latitude)

On 12/21/07, Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
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>
> Yes, as we are well north of the equator, the day  do indeed get shorter in the winter. However, not to the degree you folks up  north experience. Today (or about) is the winter solstice - the shortest  day of the year - sunrise is at 7:16 AM and sunset is at 5:38 PM. I have been  walking my dogs in the evening lately and usually leave at 5:15 and walk 45  minutes - it's definitely getting dark, but there is still some light when I get  home about 6:00 PM.
>
> Near Tampa, I am at 27.9 degrees north latitude.  Seattle, which is central N-S in Washington is at 47.6 degrees north latitude. So you folks get about twice the  summer/winter extremes (sunset/sunrise) that we experience down here in  Florida.
>
> So yes, we get the same effect, just not as severe  (including temperature!).
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:    Marshall Gisondi
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 8:16    PM
> Subject: tuning pianos in Florida
>
> Hi Terry,
> I bet it's great    being down in Florida this time of year with the warm weather, but I'm    curious.  Here in Washington state and back East where I'm from    originally, it starts getting dark around 5ish in the winter before today when    our day light starts returning.  do you guys in Florida experience the    same scenario with the days growing shorter than longer?  Are you far    enough south where this doesn't occur, or does it get dark early in Florida as    well?
> Marshall
>
> Marshall    Gisondi
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