[CAUT] Petrof tuning

[Andrew Anderson]

Dittos here from Laredo.  The D had 138 watts under it with a cover 
but it still nose-dived with the sudden dry weather.

Andrew Anderson

At 09:03 AM 12/8/2005, you wrote:
>Leslie,
>Our climate here has been EXTREMELY unstable for the past 3 weeks,
>with humidity swings back and forth and back and forth from 28% to
>60%, two to three times a week (yes, right here at exam time with
>rooms so booked up you can't get in to tune).  Everything I've tuned
>in the past two weeks shows no indication we have a piano tuner on
>staff.  When you measured humidity it was probably in the middle of a
>swing.  No telling where it's been since your last appointment.
>
>Ya'll didn't get any of that snow?  We're just going to get very cold
>rainy weather out of it.  At least if it snows you have an excuse to
>not get out in the weather.
>
>Jeff
>
>On Dec 7, 2005, at 7:50 PM, Leslie W Bartlett wrote:
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>>I need some speculative advice about a tuning.
>>
>>The piano a 6'4" Petrof.  I've tuned it for six years, and it has
>>been very stable until today....  Humidity was between 36-40%.
>>The piano was 6-15 cents flat in the bass, 24 cents right after the
>>break,  +or- a cent or two in the center, and up to 30 cents flat
>>in the top.  I've never had problems with this piano before.
>>When we had our first little cold snap (ok, 50 degrees isn't really
>>cold......) she says her heater was off for two days...       She
>>also has been a prissy little player, but recently has been playing
>>pretty hard.  I tend to pound things in pretty well, and my tunings
>>are quite stable..  This thing has be really baffled.  Any thoughts,
>>les bartlett
>>houston
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>Jeff Tanner, RPT
>University of South Carolina
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