<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">List,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>A little over two years ago, the University of Northern Colorado was given a gift of a Yamaha C6 Disklavier (well...the school paid for half, but that's another story). Needless to say, the player system was never used. The piano lived in a large classroom/performance space and had weathered it's first two years of University life quite well.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>After my resignation last year, our jazz piano faculty requested the piano be placed in his studio so that he could make use of all the bells and whistles. So, in August, the piano was placed in his studio. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Last week, I get a call saying that he doesn't know what has happened, but his piano tuning has gone way south. So, I go to check it out, and find the treble pretty much on target but the entire mid-section has gone really flat. So, as I am preparing to tune I hit my left knee on the console under the keybed...ouch! So, I look down and the player system is on. I turn it off and feel that it is quite warm. Hmmm...I wonder if the electronics underneath are warm too. Sure enough, thing has an I/O unit (don't ask me what that is) mounted directly under the bridge and the thing is downright hot! I reach my fingers up in the 1" space between the soundboard and the unit and sure enough, the sound board is quite warm. So I did a quick tuning and left a note saying that the player system is to blame for the wonky tuning, and that I'll check if this is a normal issue with these systems and in the meantime, leave it turned off when not in use.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So, is this common? What do I do to keep the piano from going out of tune every time the system is turned on? Or should I have him leave the thing turned on and let the soundboard simmer? Any advice will be much appreciated.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Jeremy Gould</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Pianist, Teacher, Piano Technician</DIV><DIV>Greeley Area Music Teachers Association, President</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Gould and Fall Piano</DIV><DIV>1720 17th Ave.</DIV><DIV>Greeley, CO 80631</DIV><DIV>970.336.1496</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:jeremygould@bsn1.net">jeremygould@bsn1.net</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>