<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond<SPAN class=103185714-26042005><FONT face="Times New Roman" = color=#000080 size=3>  wrote </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=103185714-26042005></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=103185714-26042005><FONT = face="Times New Roman" color=#000080 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=103185714-26042005>> </SPAN>PS  How long does it = take a hot piano to go back up in pitch?  (Not a joke, just a question.)<SPAN class=103185714-26042005><FONT face="Times New Roman" = color=#000080 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=103185714-26042005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=103185714-26042005>As Laurence wrote, it will slowly settle = back.  What happens with temperature changes is that at first the strings warm = up and go flat, then gradually the plate warms up which makes the pitch go = sharp a little.  If you close up the piano during the opening parts of the = concert, it will drift a little, but the plate changes slowly.  The strings = will then warm up quickly once the piano is in place under the lights for the = performance.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=103185714-26042005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN class=103185714-26042005>DM</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>