Terry, I agree with Dean. That's what I always thought, too. D On Feb 14, 2010, at 9:21 PM, Dean May wrote: > Hi Terry > > I've noticed that phenomenon cropping up also on pianos that are regularly > tuned. I attributed it to the differing lengths in the front scale and > backscale. It's the only thing that made any sense to me. > > But I'm probably wrong. Again. > > Tuning cruise ships sounds awfully exotic. Do you ever get free tickets? > > Dean > > Dean W May (812) 235-5272 > > PianoRebuilders.com (888) DEAN-MAY > > Terre Haute IN 47802 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf > Of Terry Farrell > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:21 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] Another Cruise Ship Piano Tuning Question > > I have about 18 Yamaha C3s I tune on three cruise ships. Most of these > pianos are played every day for several hours. I see them every two > weeks. Each one gets a pretty thorough tuning every six weeks or so - > the other visits they will get some level of touch-up. The environment > on these 1,000-foot-long, ten story ships is VERY stable as there are > very few doors and windows opening to the outside and the AC runs 24/7. > > When I come to each piano, it will have been reasonably well tuned two > weeks prior. With respect to unisons, I'll typically see (well, > hear...) one string out of every six or so half-steps beating and more > whining a bit. What I find 95+% of the time is that if the pitch of a > string has moved at all, the right string has gone a little bit sharp > and the left string has gone maybe twice that amount flat. I'll be > like that on virtually every single note that is making some noise. > > What on earth would cause such a phenomenon? > > Terry Farrell > Port-of-Tampa > > PS: For any of you with tooooo much time on your hands, you can see > my cruise ship (Carnival Legend was today) at the Port of Tampa on > live streaming video - the cam is mounted atop the county building > downtown Tampa. Go to http://cam01.hillsboroughcounty.org/user/JViewer.html > > and click on "Control" and click about a quarter inch away from the > upper left hand corner of the grey mesh area that appears after you > get control of the camera. Way cool, IMHO. The ship was late today and > I could simply periodically check my computer to look at this webcam > to see when the ship was approaching! >
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