I don't know what "damp-chaser" means either nor do I follow Diane's tune it 4 cents flat. A chart of temperature, humidity and pitch change results may be somewhat useful in terms of general tendencies however, I think that each piano and each room will react a little differently. The speed of the temperature change, the reason for the temperature change (lights or hvac and type of hvac) all will have an impact the the amount of pitch change. Also, how long the piano has been at a previous temperature makes a difference. Plate is a large heat sink and slow to change compared to strings. A specific example in my own customer base includes a very delicate tuning situation with a Hamburg D in a small recital hall. The lights in that room will run up the temperature quite a ways before the thermostat will react. Due to the small size of the room I cannot allow the temperature to change over .5 degrees without changing the pitch level drastically. I keep a thermometer on the piano so I can jump up and adjust the lights to keep the temperature close enough. Bob Hull --- "John M. Formsma" <john at formsmapiano.com> wrote: > Huh? maybe a little more elaboration. > > JF > > pianolover 88 wrote: > > Dampp-chaser. > > > > Terry Peterson > ____________________________________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail
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