Hi Terry, So here are some of the gory details. There is an elaborate set-up on the stage, all of which must happen the night before, into which the piano must be ensconced and there remain. How I wish that the piano could be in its garage overnight... Thanks for your input, Alan E. -----Original Message----- From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 8:38 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] when to tune... Isn't there any way to avoid leaving the piano outside overnight? Unless you have unusual weather, the high humidity at dawn is just gonna kill it. Maybe a nearby garage? Anything but outside. Your thoughts on a morning tuning and then again right before the fact sounds reasonable. How fast can you tune? I tuned a few outdoors and if the sun is able to get at it at all, I've never been able to finish a tuning prior to it being way out of tune again. Good luck! Terry Farrell On Oct 7, 2010, at 1:01 PM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote: This Saturday a piano in my care will be used in an outdoor performance. I have been allotted time from 7-9 AM to service it, and again at 1 PM prior to the 2 PM down beat. I will also be able to spend time with it Friday afternoon, INdoors. Friday night, everything goes "outside." The piano will be covered (floor-length skirt), but, aside from that, will spend the night exposed to the elements. My question is this: Do y'all think it would be productive or counterproductive to tune the piano from 7-9 AM, or am I better off letting it warm up (and dry out!) during the morning hours, then do what I can in the time just before the performance (assuming, of course, that I do not get bumped from that slot!). Thoughts? Thanks, Alan Eder -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101007/eecf05ad/attachment.htm>
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