Good points Bruce. There ARE spotlights above this piano. Also, the piano is tuned with nobody around. Later on the place is packed and the piano bar is surrounded with people and the environment changes. Many thanks for your response. Ted Simmons On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:17 PM, bppiano at aol.com wrote: > Been there, done that, got the T shirt. Does the piano stage have > spotlights? Does the pianist play "rock and roll"? Is there > cooking and such close to the piano during the day? Is their a AC > vent close by? > > No matter how well the piano is tuned, unless there is a stable > environment, the piano will not stay in tune. > > Bruce Pennington, RPT > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Simmons <tsimmons4 at cfl.rr.com> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Fri, Feb 12, 2010 2:04 pm > Subject: [pianotech] PIANO BAR TUNING > > I tune pianos for a cruise ship and they are puzzled about the > piano bar piano which goes out of tune readily. Other pianos > On the ship of the same model (Yamaha G2) are relatively stable and > require minor changes. The piano is used 3 hours each > night. I tune the piano every 2 weeks. What can I tell the music > director? > > Ted Simmons > Viera, Florida -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100213/f4d40f80/attachment.htm>
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