Studio Upright. 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: Thursday, November 26, 1998 8:24 PM > > 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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