Hi Lance, Is this a grand piano or an upright? At 09:51 AM 11/26/98 -0600, you wrote: >Don, >The Technician told her all was well with the 50 watt DH / stat and that >the piano made the trip fine. I'm hoping that another RPT can help her >confirm that. This woman is NOT picky. She was always satisfied and she >is now talking about wild unisons in a short period of time. My experience >and what I have read indicates that swings in pitch thru a section because >of bridge/soundboard movement is likely, but not drastic unison changes. I >get lots of business because of this very thing. Certainly anything could >be possible. But I am inclined to try another tech's tuning and analysis >before blaming the piano or remaining blindly loyal to him. >Lance Lafargue, RPT >New Orleans Chapter >Covington, LA. >lafargue@iamerica.net > >---------- >> From: Don <drose@dlcwest.com> >> To: pianotech@ptg.org >> Subject: Re: Tech recommendation/south Memphis area >> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 10:04 PM >> >> Hi Lance, >> >> Your climate is quite different than Memphis. Probably the dc >installation >> needs to be added to to make up for those differences. There is also the >> possiblity that the instrument was damaged during the move. Another >problem >> is the very fact that the lady in question is used to the sound of your >> tuning. It may be quite different than what she is getting now. >> >> Then again perhaps you think that .42 cents pitch drop on a Yamaha C7 >over >> a period of six is poor stability. >> >> At 09:42 AM 11/24/98 -0600, you wrote: >> >> >technicians and piano owners should expect and that blaming an unstable >> >tuning on humidity is unacceptable _under conditions such as this_. >> >It is a fine quality instrument WITH an Dampp Chaser system >> >installed properly. >> > >> >Lance Lafargue, RPT >> >> >> Regards, >> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. >> "Tuner for the Centre of the Arts" >> drose@dlcwest.com >> http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/ >> 3004 Grant Rd. >> REGINA, SK >> S4S 5G7 >> 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. "Tuner for the Centre of the Arts" drose@dlcwest.com http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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