You're probably tuning it right in the middle of its seasonal changes. However, most spinets I service (term used loosely) don't stay in tune well. If you're confident in your tuning skills, tell him so. Pull a Groot if you have to. :-) Or move on to another customer. I wouldn't do more than one callback for free as long as I was sure it wasn't going out of tune because of me. I mean ... no AC? You can't expect it to stay in tune with that much RH fluctuation from day to day. -- John Formsma, RPT Blue Mountain, MS On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Aart in America Piano Services < aartinamerica at optonline.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Not sure if the list is still up, However i have a long time customer, who > is a professional jazz Bass player. > He has a Yamaha 1970's spinet tuned to A=440. He uses the piano for > rehearsals with his band and writing/arranging. > He tunes it twice a year May/June and December. > No AC in small city row house outside NYC. Summer is very hot and humid. > The piano fluctuates between - 20c in the winter and + 12c in the Summer. > I Tuned it two week ago ( Lots of rain and high Humidity ) and as usual > the piano was 12c sharp. > I tuned it to A=441 and he called yesterday saying that the piano is out of > tune in the bass up to third octave. > This is the third call back I've had with this customer in two years. The > pins are ok and I have tapped a few in over the last years. > I've advised him that maybe this piano has seen better days and he should > get a better piano with a Dammp Chaser. > He and his budget say no. However I think his KB Player is expecting more > form this piano then it can deliver. > > I would appreciate some insight as to the pitch differential. Possibly the > soundboard is expanding and contracting with the seasons? > > Any thoughts on this? > > Thanks, > > Aart Markenstein > > Aart in America Piano Company > Jersey City NJ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110529/859cd4f7/attachment.htm>
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