<!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 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all (especially Guy = Nichols),</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Big concert on Friday.  The = piano concerto isn't first on the program, darn.  So......where should I = put the pitch--preheated under the lights or o' de natural?  If it helps, I = tune before the rehearsal, the rehearsal is mid-afternoon, orchestra = breaks for dinner (piano gets touched up), concert at 8 pm.  I know it doesn't = take long for the downward drift to take place, but how long does it take for = it to go back up?   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've found that the drift with the = lights is normally 4 cents in the tenor and treble.   Fortunately, = the unisons don't go wild.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your insight.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara = Richmond</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>