No! David I. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/7/01 at 7:48 AM Clyde Hollinger wrote: >Friends, > >Years ago a client called me on the morning I was scheduled to tune her >piano. She >wondered if we should reschedule, since it was raining. My understanding >at the >time was that the tuning doesn't change that fast, so not to worry about >it. > >But incidents such as Warren's would debunk that. The past couple of >years I've >heard of, and experienced, pianos changing even in the process of tuning. >Jack >Stebbins has a story about doing a concert tuning. He was part way >finished when >someone snapped the air conditioning on, which changed the tuning before he >finished. > >What do you tell people on rainy days? > >Regards, >Clyde > >Warren Fisher wrote: > >> Remember this piano had been very stable for years, but didn't have a D/C >> system. The C of C picked up the piano at 8a.m. and installed it on >the >> outside porch of their building. At 10a.m., your's truly arrived to do >my >> thing. A4 measured 13 cents sharp!! The piano was used by the C of C >until it >> was returned to the caterer at 6:30p.m that day. At 9a.m. the next >day, I >> measured A4 again at 18 cents sharp!! For those of you still using your >forks, >> that's nearly a third of a half-step in 23 hours!
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