<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 12/7/2005 6:51:30 PM Central Standard Time, l-bartle= tt@sbcglobal.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV id=RTEContent><FONT face=Arial>I need some speculative advice about= a tuning.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The piano a 6'4" Petrof.  I've tuned it for six= years, and it has been very stable until today....  Humidity was betwe= en 36-40%.   The piano was 6-15 cents flat in the bass, 24 cents r= ight after the break,  +or- a cent or two in the center, and up to 30 c= ents flat in the top.  I've never had problems with this piano before.&= nbsp;   When we had our first little cold snap (ok, 50 degrees isn= 't really cold......) she says her heater was off for two days... &nbsp= ;     She also has been a prissy little player, but rece= ntly has been playing pretty hard.  I tend to pound things in pret= ty well, and my tunings are quite stable..  This thing has be really ba= ffled.  Any thoughts,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>les bartlett</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>houston </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Les</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I would blame it on the weather. With all the rain you've had= recently, and now with the cold snap, and especially since her heat was off= for two days, that has an awful lot to do with the stability of the tuning.= I don't think it has anything to do with her playing. Pianos here at school= are fine, with just a little change, until the university switches from AC = to heat. Then all hell breaks out. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></BODY></HTML>