<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave, what can I say? Churches are = notorious for this. No, a damp-chaser isn't going to help, because the piano doesn't = "belong" to any one person, therefore, no-one is going to be looking after it, = and making sure it's plugged in. (Which it won't be, off and on).  The fact of = the matter; pianos like being where humans live, and in the same conditions. = Churches often, because of economics, turn the AC off, or way down when = the church is not being used. Makes sense to me, but it's not good for the = tunings. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    The bottom line here = is;  Unstable environment=Unstable piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But, that's just one person's = opinion.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=davistunes@yahoo.com = href="mailto:davistunes@yahoo.com">Dave Davis</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 08, 2003 = 4:55 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Need Stable = Advice</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi List,<BR><BR>Hope this isn't too long, I'll try to = include lots of<BR>info.<BR><BR>Just before Christmas I got a call from a big church<BR>needing an "emergency" tuning the next day (Sunday)<BR>for a = big program with full orchestra.  Since I'm<BR>"less experienced", I = had time to do it.  The piano,<BR>1980 Yamaha C7 gray market, had been = tuned 2 weeks<BR>before.  It seems that they've had it about 3 = years<BR>and it won't stay in tune very long.<BR><BR>I carefully looked for structural = problems and gave it<BR>my best, stablest tuning (no laughing, please) = and got<BR>done as the orchestra was showing up.  I figured = I'd<BR>never hear from them again.<BR><BR>They called this week to schedule the next = tuning. <BR>Seems that I did something right, and they're hoping<BR>I'll be = able to make it more stable.<BR><BR>My "less experienced" feeling is that it's = a climate<BR>issue.  The church has a roll back ceiling, so = even<BR>though we don't have big humid/dry changes, it<BR>probably has access to more = changes than most rooms.<BR><BR>Dampp Chaser might be the answer, but in my chapter,<BR>there is only one guy (that I have found) who = uses<BR>them, and he only uses just the rods with a<BR>humidistat.  If it had only the = rods, would it dry the<BR>piano in such a way that it would experience the same<BR>problems as gray market pianos in dry climates?<BR><BR>Got any = other ideas?  Am I missing something?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Dave Davis <BR>Renton, WA<BR>Assoc. = PTG<BR><BR><BR><BR>__________________________________________________<BR>= Do you Yahoo!?<BR>Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, = more<BR><A = href="http://taxes.yahoo.com/">http://taxes.yahoo.com/</A><BR>_________= ______________________________________<BR>pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>