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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi, Zach:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> My
experience is that temperature is a huge factor in tuning. I don’t
allow any breeze over the piano when I tune, especially when I’m tuning
an upright piano. If you take your finger and rub a string for a few
seconds, you can measure a change in the frequency because of the friction and
heat. I know some tuners on this list remarking that they open the piano
first and let the temperature equalize before they tune an upright. Pianos
are amazingly sensitive to temperature, and of course, humidity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> Paul
McCloud<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> San
Diego<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Zachary
LaMotte<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 09, 2011 8:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [pianotech] Experiences of Temperature on Tuning Stability
Inquiry...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear Fellow Mailing-List Members-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I am Zach LaMotte (current student at CSPT and newly applied
associate member for the PTG!). After extensive research on past
discussions in the forums, I have found a lack of talk on the effect of
temperature on tuning stability. I am well-read on the impact humidity
plays on the piano.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I am requesting (kindly asking/begging) for any experiences,
references, crazy stories, where any of you may have had temperature, not
humidity, playing a factor on tuning stability. This could be an outside
concert situation, stage light situation, mother-in-law making you raise the
temperature in the house situation, etc. I will be conducting a
temperature-based experiment and will share my findings once the experiment is
finished. Thanking all of you in advance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>-Zachary LaMotte<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>"Aspiring Piano Tuner"<br clear=all>
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Be Well,<br>
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Zach LaMotte<br>
<a href="mailto:zachlamotte@gmail.com">zachlamotte@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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