Hi Mike. Those RH numbers look fairly similar to what we operate with over her. My usual is to tune at A 442 in the fall and allow the pitch to drop to 440 during the winter but no lower. This is on pianos I tune for the two University level schools in town and I am on each piano 4-5 times a year. For a regular private job I dont see much point in floating pitch... grin it float quite naturally enough on its own during the average of 3-5 years in between the tunings most folks give their pianos. I use a fixed pitch for concert and recording work as well, or any teacher who requests it for that matter. I have one teacher who wants 438 all the time because she plays Recorders of various sorts. Floating pitch is not really all that time consuming for a single isolated tuning IMB. But if you are visiting a piano 3-4 times a year and have very good tuning technique it can save you some time in a climate like the one you mention below. Cheers RicB List, I need to go back through the archives and see where all the proponents of floating live and work. Surely not in the temperate zones of North America. Today I tuned a Yamaha P22 at the local elementary school. It was last tuned in March, to A=440 at about 38%RH. Piano pitch at 68% RH today was: A0 +0, A1 +3, A2 +5, A3 +18, A4 +12, A5 +24, A6 + 35, A7 +20. No matter where I decide to set the pitch of this piano, it's going to require a pitch correction. Floating wouldn't save me any time or effort, nor would it improve the stability of the piano. This is the norm for the upper midwest, and I suspect for much of the country. Floating might work on the coast or in the desert, but not here. Mike
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