[CAUT] mind bender (for me at least..)

[Otto Keyes]

Metal contracts when it cools, so the pitch goes sharp.  Of course, the
reverse is true as well; a fact which I learned in a painful manner not too
long after I had gotten a Tacky-tuner & had gotten overly confident in its
ability to match 2 instruments.

2 Bozo Imperials got stuck in a trailer overnight in a mid-west winter & got
to the venue about an hour or so before the concert.  They were hanging &
focussing lights while I was tuning.  Buzzed through one & then went on to
the other, finishing just before concert time.  Didn't really have time to
go back & check the 1st one.....I think you can guess the rest.....wasn't
enough room under the chair for a fatboy like me, so I endured it until
intermission when I could get up there & clean up the 1st piano.  By that
time both of them had warmed up & changed considerably, but at least I could
make them acceptable for the 2nd half of the program.  Fortunately it was an
out-of-the-way venue, & the duo-piano team was very understanding -- they
were driving the rig that had broken down -- & we kept in contact for some
years after that.

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: "michelle stranges" <stranges@Oswego.EDU>
To: "caut list" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 11:12 AM
Subject: [CAUT] mind bender (for me at least..)


> WARNING:
>
> This may embarrass me and then I'll get embarrassed.
>
> :o
>
> Tomorrow evening we have a 2 piano (Steinway B's) recital (Bartok) with a
> Bach violin sonata (??) complete with harpsichord thrown in there for
> SERIOUS fun.
>
> I have been babysitting all the instruments since Friday when they were
> moved in there. Everyday they have been tuned.
> Heat was on.
> It is a **loud**/air circulating heating system and I knew it would be
> turned off this week during all rehearsals and especially for the recital
> itself.
>
>
> Long story short- I came in today to do the usual, and one of my pianos
and
> the harpsichord were noticably SHARP.
>
> This makes no sense to me.
>
> It was cold in there today- more than it had been obviously, since the
heat
> has been turned off- and I get cold easily too but that's another story..
>
> Anyways-I figured they would go flat being the temperature went down.
>
> Anyone have any idea why I am not thinking this out correctly??
>
>
> :)
> Perplexed in Oswego
>
>
>
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