[pianotech] when to tune...

[Ryan Sowers]

How about wrapping it in pallet wrap? You can get a roll from U-haul that
comes on its own dispenser. Just wrap that baby up! Shouldn't take more than
about 3 minutes!

-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net


On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:52 PM, <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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