[pianotech] pitch floating; D-C Systems in schools

[Tom Driscoll]

David,
  Ditto my Bro. Today at our local library. Steinway M (teflon ,but I 
digress)Tuned 3 weeks ago @440 with minor pitch raise .
Spring has arrived in Ma. along with higher humidity . Todays tuning  for an 
operatic recital and it was 10-12  cents sharp .System unpluged. There went 
the time for my Starbucks --- sitting in the club chair like the cool dude 
in a loose mood that I am --- break.
 Tom Driscoll

Subject: [pianotech] pitch floating; D-C Systems in schools


>    I have found that Dampp-Chaser systems are almost impossible to keep 
> operable in schools.  They're always moving the pianos around and forget 
> to plug them back in.  They skip years with the tunings, so the pads don't 
> get replaced, water doesn't get filled.  They lose the watering can.  Kids 
> take the bottom panel off for more volume, then vandalize the D-C system. 
> Janitors move the pianos to do the carpets or floors in the summer, then 
> don't plug 'em back in.  I gave up.  It was too maddening.
>    --David Nereson, RPT