<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/15/04 8:55:28 AM Central Standard Time, jminor@uiu= c.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>I recently tuned a Boston vertical model 111 a= nd had a difficult challenge<BR>in keeping the tuning where I put it. The pi= ano was close to pitch with<BR>the low tenor being slightly sharp. This sect= ion kept creeping sharp even<BR>after multiple passes. The final pass found = most notes in the temperament<BR>section to be 2 cents sharp. This is my 3rd= tuning on this piano in 2<BR>years and it is only 2 years old.<BR><BR>The h= ome is kept at 57 degrees F during the day and 62 while occupied.<BR>Could t= his have a negative effect on the tuning stability.<BR><BR>Anyone else strug= gle with this Boston model?<BR><BR>John Minor<BR>University of Illinois</FON= T></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Are you sure about the model number? The smallest Boston is a 118, whic= h is a 45" studio.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have several of those, but they seem to be holding up quite well, con= sidering the school environment. Obviously they were flat in the mid tenor w= hen I tuned them last week, but they tuned right up. I tune a 118 in&nb= sp;a classroom once a month, and have no problem with it. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano tuner/technician<BR>School of Music<BR>Universit= y of Alabama<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>