Rick You can tell her until you're blue in the face about the effects of humidity on her piano, but if you can show her what other piano tuners say about the effects changes in humidity have on the soundboard, perhaps you'll have a fighting chance. Besides the pamphlets put out by the PTG and Damppchaser, I have an article on my web site that explains in detail what happens to the soundboard when the humidity changes. http://www.bleespiano.com/tuning.pdf. I've adopted it to Hawaii weather, but the intent is there. Feel free to download it, make a copy, or send her my web page. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician 94-505 Kealakaa Str. Mililani, Oahu, HI 96789 808-349-2943 www.Bleespiano.com Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com 94-505 Kealakaa Str. Mililani, Oahu, HI 96789 808-349-2943 www.Bleespiano.com Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Richard <richard.ucci at att.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sun, Jan 17, 2010 10:49 am Subject: [pianotech] Return visit List, Client calls today (piano teacher) , and says "My piano doesn't right". It was tuned 10/30/09, Kawai kg-2. We have just emerged from a two week bitter cold snap here in the NE, and many pianos have been 40+ cents flat that usually are not that bad in past years. She has forced air and a wood stove about two feet from the piano. She isn't buying my reply that the weather etc. is to blame. Of course she is an hour away, and I've arrainged to get to her next week. She is a once a year tuning; I could use some advice on how to handle this situation. Thanks, Rick Ucci/ Ucci Piano -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100117/ffae665f/attachment-0001.htm>
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