[pianotech] Piano not in tune with keyboard

[Farrell]

Moving the piano one inch (or if the piano has a broken caster) CAN throw the tuning way off! (Shouldn't, but it can - I've observed it!)

Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Matthew Todd 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:36 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Piano not in tune with keyboard



                Well, I would give the DC sales pitch, but this piano does get moved around, the room, and even down the hall to the auditorium.  Although, I remember the choir teacher saying that it has a broken caster, so it may not of been moved recently.


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                --- On Thu, 1/8/09, paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote:

                  From: paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net>
                  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Piano not in tune with keyboard
                  To: toddpianoworks at att.net, pianotech at ptg.org
                  Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 11:19 PM


                  You could ask them what the school environment is like in the evenings, over weekends, and especially over the long winter break. If they don't ask why you're asking, tell 'em. Then, if it's a decent piano, you could broach the PLSS subject.
                  Paul Bruesch
                  Stillwater, MN


                  2009/1/8 Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net>

                          That is a good perspective Dean, and I will stick with it.

                          You are right too.  I just thought of Christmas break, and how the room was empty for that duration.

                          I tuned the piano Dec. 9th, so school was still in session about a week or two before break.  Should I ask if he had any problems during that period before Christmas break, or not even go there? 



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                          Matthew Todd, Piano Technician 
                          (979) 248-9578
                            
                          http://www.toddpianoworks.com



                          --- On Thu, 1/8/09, Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> wrote:

                            From: Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> 

                            Subject: Re: [pianotech] Piano not in tune with keyboard
                            To: pianotech at ptg.org

                            Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 11:07 PM 



                            Many schools really lower the heat over Christmas break. Some of the newer schools also severely drop the temperature every night.  If the piano has no humidity control system then it will see a pretty severe pitch swing through the winter months. 

                            If it's a few unisons out a month after its tuned, then you can take ownership of that problem. If the pitch has dropped, it is a humidity problem and the ownership is theirs. As a tuner you cannot guarantee pitch stability, especially after a month's exposure to a severe environment. 

                            Dean
                            Dean May              cell 812.239.3359 

                            PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 

                            Terre Haute IN   47802



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                            From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Todd
                            Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:44 PM
                            To: pianotech at ptg.org
                            Subject: [pianotech] Piano not in tune with keyboard

                                I tuned a piano in a school choir room about a month ago.  I will be going back there next week to respond to a call back.

                                The school just recently purchased a new electronic synthesizer and the choir teacher said the piano that I tuned doesn't match the synthesizer.  I suppose a drop in pitch is possible, and when I go back, I will be checking the pitch of the piano AND the synthesizer.

                                I was just curious as to how many of you experienced something similar, and what to do about it.  I am just concerned that if the pitch truly does not match the synthesizer, that I may have to re-tune the piano to the synthesizer.

                                Please help, thanks.

                                TODD PIANO WORKS 
                                Matthew Todd, Piano Technician 
                                (979) 248-9578
                                  
                                http://www.toddpianoworks.com 

                         


               
       
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