<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>In order to do something, you would need several practice rooms free at once.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Otherwise, you would need to deal with moving students around to accomodate pitch correction and coming back to fine tune later.  When you leave a practice room, it is assumed you are done with the room, and the piano can go back into service.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sounds like a great idea.  You are not imagining things.  A piano will settle a little after correction.  When I have two grands in a faculty office, I will correct both pianos, then go back to tune.  It is easier that way.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ron Poire </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>formerly of the UMN school of Music </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=drwoodwind@hotmail.com href="mailto:drwoodwind@hotmail.com">Ron Koval</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:20 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] pitch raises in practice room row...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I got to thinking yesterday about pitch adjustments to a bunch of pianos in one day.  <BR>Has anyone tried an "assembly line" approach to doing a few at a time?  That is:<BR> <BR>1 single pass each piano<BR>2 go back and sencond- pass after letting them settle for the hour or so it takes for #1?<BR> <BR>I'm just wondering about stability and ease of tuning.<BR> <BR>I did three yesterday on similar P22's. <BR>Pitch-raised (25-30 cents for solo and ensemble practice) all three and then<BR>started a second pass on #3. <BR>I also "banged in" the piano with the dampers up on #2,#3 after the PR<BR> <BR>When I finally got back to #1, it seemed to settle a little bit easier into tune,<BR>but that could just be wishfull thinking!<BR> <BR>Ron Koval<BR>Concordia U.<BR><BR> <HR> Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. <A href="http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join" target=_new>Learn more.</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>