[pianotech] )O.T.-High & Outside

[tunerboy3 at comcast.net]

It'll swing here, anywhere from a low of 8 % to 80 + % RH.  

Week before last, I tuned a piano when the RH was in the 25 % range.  After two solid days of rain and warmer temps., it doubled in RH and then dropped again and then this past week, it went up into the 75 degree range of course, once again raising the RH way up.  Then, this past Friday, it dropped from 75 down to 40 plus a major wind chill factor.  Drives our pianos nuts here.  Michigan is a great place to live if you're a tuner with our ever changing weather.  :)

Jerry Groot RPT
www.grootpiano.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Garrett
To: tunerboy3 at comcast.net, pianotech, Paul Williams
Sent: 2012-10-28 19:23:38 +0000
Subject: Re: [pianotech] )O.T.-High & Outside

Paul,
I didn't say the weather is "predictable"!<G> Saying goes: If you don't
like the weather, wait a few minutes, it'll change! In Alaska, where I was
raised, I've seen 4 different weather types while standing on a street
corner. Raining, (where I was). Snowing diagonally across the intersection.
Sunny to my right and Hail to my left! Go figger.<G> btw, you left on your
own accord.<G> Welcome to come back, ya know.
Joe


> [Original Message]
> From: Paul Williams <pwilliams4 at unl.edu>> To: joegarrett at earthlink.net <joegarrett at earthlink.net>;
pianotech at ptg.org <pianotech at ptg.org>> Date: 10/28/2012 12:11:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] High & Outside
>> Yup, I miss the NW.  Pianos are predictable� Not here! Neither is the
> weather!
>> On 10/28/12 2:07 PM, "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>Susan said:
>>"How you guys can stand tuning in places with such big humidity swings
>>escapes me.
>>I'm surprised the West Coast and the high desert (ALWAYS dry) aren't
>>crowded with
>>tuner refugees. Last week I tuned a little European style Yamaha on the
>>coast
>>which I had last tuned nine years ago. It was still pretty presentable.
>>The tenor
>>was a little sharp, and there were a few unisons in the treble needing
>>some help.
>>>>Susan Kline, happy Oregon residen"
>>>>Sssssusan! Don't tell everyone! Sheesh! It's our little secret! Besides,
>>if
>>you were a true Oregonian, you would know better.<G>>>See you at Oregon Day Saturday? hope so.
>>Joe
>>>>>>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
>>Captain of the Tool Police
>>Squares R I
>>>>>