You are right, it doesn't. I was just adding to your suggestion of leaving a registering hygrometer in the piano. With the record, Marshal could then recommend a DC system, which should help the piano. Up here, I usually discourage people from tuning the piano, until the heat is on. If you tune seasonally, it always should have pitch raise. If you wait till the heat is on, it should be closer to where it was when last tuned. i point out to them, that with the humidity fluctuations in the Summer, it will be in and out of tune. If they wait till the heat is on, the piano has a better chance of staying in tune. Ok, I realize that there are bills to be paid in the Summer, so I schedule other work for then. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia. On 30-09-2011, at 3:03 PM, Tom Gorley wrote: > John, I like your response but it doesn't address what's going in that particular room. > >> Tom Gorley >> Registered Piano Technician >> > > > > > > On Sep 30, 2011, at 10:54 AM, John Ross wrote: > >> I always write the temperature and humidity on my bill. >> I guess I am kind of mistrusting, I would be afraid of someone stealing the hygrometer if I left it in a piano, with public access, such as this is. >> Suggest that they purchase the registering hygrometer, from their local Radio Shack, and make a graph of the years ups and downs. >> They probably won't do it for the year, but if they do it for a while, they will see the fluctuations, and with your explanation, will realize that it is not your tuning at fault. >> John Ross >> Windsor, Nova Scotia >> On 30-09-2011, at 2:37 PM, Tom Gorley wrote: >> >>> Marshall, consider buying a hygrometer to measure the humidity when you tune the piano. You don't have to guess the humidity outside-versus- >>> inside. The one sold by Dampp- Chaser costs about $45 and will also measure the high and the low. >>> >>> I always carry one in my tool box and when I suspect a changing humidity issue in the room, I leave it in the piano. The next time I check the piano I can read what the humidity high and low during that period of time. >>> >>>> Tom Gorley >>>> Registered Piano Technician >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 4:34 AM, Marshall Gisondi wrote: >>> >>>> Hi William & John, >>>> Thanks for your helpful advice. So am I correct then, the humidity outside will still have an affect even if the temp inside is pretty evey i.e ac is on? >>>> >>>> John the piano did exactly what you said, unisons were decent, but other things went sour. As for charging them, I did charge a little. This is a church and school with 10 pianos roughly. So I billed them for a "touch up" tuning. I felt I had to do this because I do use public transit often when I tune there sometimes with the cab, tip and train even with my discount card on the train the total one way can be over 10 bucks. I hope I'm not wrong in trying to make a profit. >>>> >>>> I was really worried when this happened. I know we improve as we go along in this field, but I was worried that my skill was slipping or that something was wrong. I almost felt panic. So to repeat, the humidity outside can still have an affect on a piano inside even if the temp inside is pretty even? How does the piano feel the change in humidity outside then if the room in this case a fellowship doesn't have windows? We've had our share of up and downs with weather here onthe east coast, rain humidity, a little dryer/cooler earlier this month and then warmer and more humid again. In fact when I return next month, I'm going to check it again becase we're supposed to get cool again this weekend and maybe warm up again. Thanks again guys. I hope youu can ease my mind over this this. >>>> Marshall >>>> >>>> Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician >>>> Marshall's Piano Service >>>> pianotune05 at hotmail.com >>>> 215-510-9400 >>>> www.phillytuner.com >>>> Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind www.pianotuningschool.org Vancouver, WA >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110930/1a35a762/attachment.htm>
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