[pianotech] rock solid for how long?

[Brian Trout]

Just outta curiosity, does this piano have a well maintained climate control system onboard?  

 

I had a church piano years ago (nice Kawai) that they installed a full humidifier/dehumidifier system on and kept after it religiously (pardon the pun).  It turned into a wonderful piano to tune as it was rarely very far off seasonally and gave me pause to consider whether it really needed tuned again when listening six months after it's last tuning.  I'm fussy.  It really was that good.  Also, as a FWIW, the piano was closed and covered when not in use, dunno if that may have been a contributing factor.

 

Good luck,

 

Brian
 
> From: da88ve at gmail.com
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 00:01:22 -0700
> Subject: [pianotech] rock solid for how long?
> 
> Is "rock solid" really possible? And for how long? I have 
> a client who calls me every time a unison develops a slow roll. 
> She must have a super-sensitive ear. She does pay me to come 
> over and touch-up a few notes, but jeez, to get up, load up, 
> drive over, touch up notes, pack up, & drive back oughta be 
> worth at least $50. I hate to charge that much each time, and 
> feel guilty that my tuning didn't stay perfectly solid. 
> Sometimes it's only been a few weeks. But even a former PTG 
> brochure about tuning admitted that no piano holds a tuning 
> perfectly for more than 24 hours. Can't people tolerate some 
> slight out-of-tuneness for a few months? I can. It has to be 
> quite bad before I refuse to play it.
> To me, it should be sorta like mowing the lawn. If it looks 
> good when you're done, great. No need to make sure each blade 
> of grass is to the nearest millimeter (like tuning to the 
> nearest 10th of a cent), and if a few blades grow faster than 
> others in between mowings, so what? The lawn still looks good 
> as a whole. Just accept the longer blades of grass as a little 
> "flavor," variety, or "spice," and live with it until the next 
> mowing.
> If you're a Horowitz, that's different.
> --David Nereson, RPT 
> 
 		 	   		  
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