<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A "reasonable amount" is the key = here.  Location is also critical in your choice.  Our concert instruments = stay at 440, no matter what artist comes through the door.  = However, a chinook will blow in overnight & nudge the pitch a cent or = two.  Even the "perfect pitch" folks can't tell the difference.  I let it = go & then let it settle back down when the weather changes again in a = day or two.  Other wise it's like pushing jello back & forth through a = keyhole & expecting it to come out the other side in a nice, neat = cube.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Close your eyes real tight Wim -- then = the light won't bother you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Piano Technician<BR>University of Idaho<BR>208-885-7918</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=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</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, August 28, = 2002 10:58 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Floating = pitch</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 8/28/02 11:20:46 AM Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:dkvander@joplin.com">dkvander@joplin.com</A> writes: = <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE DEFANGED_STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">In past years I have attempted to tune pianos in the = colleges I tune for to <BR>A-440 each tuning.  This has caused me extra = work (usually unpaid), and <BR>mental stress. <BR><BR>This year I have = floated pitch on every piano I have tuned, and I feel so <BR>much happier! =  No one has complained about the pianos being at A-442 or <BR>A-443, and = the pianos are behaving better.  When the temperature is 72 = <BR>Fahrenheit, and the relative humidity is 83% indoors in the music building, = <BR>floating pitch is the only way to go. <BR><BR>Thanks to Kent Swafford, I have = finally seen the light! <BR><BR>David Vanderhoofven = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>With all due respect to Kent, I wholeheartedly disagree with floating pitch. = Our job, regardless of how much time and effort it takes, is to tune pianos to = the correct pitch, especially in a college situation, where pianos are = used by many different people, and are most likely used to accompany other instruments. I could maybe see floating the pitch on a piano that is = used only in a home, where no other instruments are being played. But not in a = college setting. <BR><BR>I'm sorry, David, that you think you have found a new = light. But it's not a light I want to see. <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>