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[Clyde Hollinger]

Kristinn,

First, by "we" I was speaking of my wife and me, not all piano technicians.
Second,  typo -- sorry.  It should have read "client" instead of "piano."
Third,  floating the pitch at this time of year and location means leaving the
piano slightly sharp, since with our wild humidity swings it will be flat in
several months anyway when the heating systems dry out the house (and piano).

Regards,
Clyde

Kristinn Leifsson wrote:

> At 07:58 8.9.2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >   I remember
> >these are often growing families with limited resources.  We were there once
> >ourselves.
>
> I don´t seem to remember that particular part of my life. :)
>
> >I *always* inform the piano of the possibility of breaking strings.  I also
> >have an article on this subject in my latest newsletter.
>
> How do you speak to a piano?
> I can just picture this;  "Now Mrs. Ross, I´m going to raise you up to
> pitch, but some of the strings inside you might break.  Now rest assured, I
> will fix that, but believe me, if your strings break, it will pain me even
> more than it will you. <G>
>
> >Now I know I might get flamed for this one, but my hunch is that most
> >technicians on this list could not tell without an outside reference if a
> >piano
> >is 15 cents flat, if it is well in tune with itself.  It might also help to
> >understand that I "float the pitch."  Comments?
> >
> >Regards,
> >Clyde
>
> And for a real comment, what is floating pitch?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kristinn