Good point Bruce - spotlights. The environment is otherwise very stable on these ships, but yes, the piano bar pianos are surrounded by the spotlights - and the do get hot. That may be the major reason I observe these pianos drifting more than the others on the boat. The daily on-and-off heat would sure be a likely culpret. And yeah, lot's of "Rock & Roll" - I mean not much Ozzy, but at least "Piano Man" and Three Dog Night (whew, is that really "Rock & Roll"?). Terry Farrell 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/20100213/6c6a6869/attachment.htm>
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