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

michelle stranges stranges@Oswego.EDU
Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:29:25 -0500


:)

Concert is tonight.

I'm afraid beating my head against a wall will do nothing still.
Gotta love state!!

:)
M

--On Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:23 AM -0800 Otto Keyes 
<okeyes@uidaho.edu> wrote:

> Michelle,
>
> Your relatives would seem to be too hoomid fur shure!  Any possibility you
> could beat some sense into whomever is handling the air handling system to
> get a little more balanced approach?  I don't envy you come concert day.
> Be sure to let them know what you're up against with a few CMA memos.  The
> lights may toast your tunings, so I'd sit near an exit.  :-)
>
> Otto
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "michelle stranges" <stranges@Oswego.EDU>
> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] mind bender (for me at least..)
>
>
>> Well the room once comfy- **was at 60 degrees today.**
>> I can still barely move my hands for they are so cold.
>> The harpsichord was sharp again and I tuned it down and then dealt with
>> 4' jacks that suddenly didn't want to repeat and seemed stuck.
>>
>> I'm at the point where I don't give a _ _ _ _.
>>
>> It's a nice feeling!!
>>
>> Also- nice ice/slush wetaher we are having too!
>>
>> :Z
>> her
>>
>> --On Tuesday, February 15, 2005 3:31 PM -0800 Otto Keyes
>> <okeyes@uidaho.edu> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > ??  Put a data logger in there & find out.  RH changes will have their
>> > effect over a longer time period -- shorter with the hpsch.  But wide
>> > temp. fluctuations can have a rapid & dramatic impact on pitch.
>> > Especially under hot stage lights.  Assuming the last tuning was a good
>> > one on the 2 Bozos, had they had time to warm up decently before
>> > tuning, they probably would have gone back pretty close to pitch.
>> >
>> > Otto
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: vince mrykalo
>> > To: College and University Technicians
>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:53 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] mind bender (for me at least..)
>> >
>> >
>> > Bingo.  I think that is the main reason.  The RH factor went up.
>> >
>> > Jeff Tanner <jtanner@mozart.sc.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tuesday, February 15, 2005, at 02:12 PM, michelle stranges wrote:
>> >
>> >> Long story short- I came in today to do the usual, and one of my
>> >> pianos and the harpsichord were noticably SHARP.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > Also, as the temperature went down with no change in real humidity, the
>> > relative humidity went up.
>> >
>> >
>> > Jeff Tanner, RPT
>> > School Of Music
>> > University of South Carolina
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