more on floating pitch

[Barbara Richmond]

Hi Mike,

Seems like most of the pianos I tune have very stable bass sections, so I 
don't float, I jerk the tenor and treble around (quick under or over pull 
where it's out most and then tune).   My biggest problem with floating is 
the possibility that somebody is going to try to play another instrument 
with the piano--right after I tune it.  :-)   So, as Jon Page said, I guess 
I do the tuning exam every time...

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spalding" <mike.spalding1 at verizon.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:45 PM
Subject: more on floating pitch


> List,
>
> I need to go back through the archives and see where all the proponents of 
> floating live and work.  Surely not in the temperate zones of North 
> America.  Today I tuned a Yamaha P22 at the local elementary school.  It 
> was last tuned in March, to A=440 at about 38%RH.  Piano pitch at 68% RH 
> today was:  A0 +0, A1 +3, A2 +5, A3 +18, A4 +12, A5 +24, A6 + 35, A7 +20. 
> No matter where I decide to set the pitch of this piano, it's going to 
> require a pitch correction.  Floating wouldn't save me any time or effort, 
> nor would it improve the stability of the piano.  This is the norm for the 
> upper midwest, and I suspect for much of the country.  Floating might work 
> on the coast or in the desert, but not here.
>
> Mike
>