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bgcolor="#D8D0C8" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> Good question!  I service a = number of churches and try to get them to tune on a regular basis.  I’d = be interested in some type of guideline for churches...something I could = show the senior pastor or music minister/organ master/choir director.  At = one church the lay person who arranged for me to come by and tune their = pianos had passed along the message to have the air conditioning set at the = temperature it is set when they worship.  While I was tuning, the lady minister = walked in the sanctuary and asked me if I was comfortable.  It took me a = minute or so to understand what she was talking about and I finally commented that = the temperature needed to be set for the tuning, not for my comfort.  = She exclaimed that she thought I just wanted to be comfortable when I = tuned.  I assured her that it was a bit cool for me, but just right for the = piano!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I tuned a piano in a small rural = church a couple of weeks before Christmas several years ago.  They turn = their heating way down during the week and turn it back up for their service = only on Sunday morning.  I received a call from the mother of the pianist = in January that the piano was out of tune.  She said her son said it = sounded terrible the previous Sunday.  I arranged to meet with him later in = the week and when I walked in, the temperature was cool, but = comfortable—about what it was when I tuned the piano—and the piano sounded = great!  I thought either my hearing is going or that piano sounds just fine.  = About halfway down the aisle the pianist heard me and exclaimed that the piano sounded great!  He said it sounded terrible Sunday.  I asked = him what the temperature in the sanctuary was like on the previous Sunday and he = said it was about like it was then, but when the “old folks” came in = they turned the thermostat way up!  Problem solved!  It’s = amazing what a small increase/decrease in the temperature and resulting humidity = makes as far as a piano being in tune.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Joy!<o:p></o:p> Elwood<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Elwood Doss, Jr., = RPT<o:p></o:p> Piano Technician/Technical = Director<o:p></o:p> Department of = Music<o:p></o:p> 145 Fine Arts = Building<o:p></o:p> The <st1:place = w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName = w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> at Martin<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Martin</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">TN</st1:State>  <st1:PostalCode = w:st="on">38238</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p> 731/881-1852<o:p></o:p> FAX: = 731/881-7415<o:p></o:p> HOME: = 731/587-5700<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Cy Shuster Sent: Tuesday, January = 24, 2006 9:17 PM To: CAUT Subject: [CAUT] Overlap = of CAUT with churches?<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> It seems that the mission of CAUT overlaps substantially with = the requirements of churches: maintaining pianos in an institutional setting (rather than individually owned) -- although I doubt many churches have = a full-time tech.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Churches have been a big part of my business.  They have performance and rehearsal pianos, and have unusual environmental = problems, going through seasonal heating/cooling cycles twice a week or more = rather than twice a year.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Are there specific guidelines for = churches?<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> --Cy Shuster-- <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, = <st1:State = w:st="on">MA</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <a = href="http://www.shusterpiano.com">www.shusterpiano.com</a> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">North</st1:PlaceName> = <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Bennet</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName = w:st="on">Street</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Class of '06<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>