This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment -----Subject: Overpulling a Steinway Greetings,=20 Is it possible that I pulled this one Steinway console over = pitch when I did a pitch raise last year? When I left the piano last = March I had it up to A-440, and when I went back this year it was 8-9 = beats sharp across the board. Is it possible the thing could have = "crept up"???=20 The owner told me that she had someone else in to tune it = in September again. I think the other tuner over pulled it, but am not = so sure about that. Since Steinways are notoriously "friction" pianos = maybe all the notes' tension "equalized" between the da capo and the = pin, causing it to sharpen acros the board.=20 Julia,=20 Reading, PA=20 =20 Julia, Here in Massachusetts relative humidity is still low in march. = (29%) in my last clients home today. Any piano pitch raised to 440 in march will be sharp in June-July. = How sharp is variable but inevitable without climate control. Here in 2004 we had a VERY rainy spring and a pitch raised piano = could go 25 cents sharp or more. We don't know what the other tuner did, but he or she could have = tuned it sharp in anticipation of the heat coming on, or pulled it down = to pitch in one pass.If so the piano would have been sharp again before = the day was out. My point here is that the RH is the most likely reason ,combined = with the unknown acts of the mystery tuner. While healthy to question ones practices, this is one = circumstance where too many variables and too much time has gone by to = make any determination on your initial work.Trust yourself and your = work ! As an aside , I would politely ask why another tuner was called in = and secondly why the client didn't stay with that tuner. This may be a client who regards the piano tuner as one would a = gas station and use whomever comes to mind. This happens to us all ,no matter how conscientious our work is, = Its up to you if this is a client with whom you wish to do business . Best wishes, =20 Tom Driscoll RPT =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e6/db/8f/3f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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