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[Kristinn Leifsson]

Ooh, I see.  We´s been doin'at 'ere too.
It´s the most natural thing to do.

Thinking ahead is a great attribute,

Good night,

Kristinn



At 16:56 8.9.2000 -0400, you wrote:
>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