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.<div>
<br></div><div>I mean ... no AC? You can't expect it to stay in tune with that much RH fluctuation from day to day.<div><br>-- <br><div>John Formsma, RPT<br></div><div>Blue Mountain, MS</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Aart in America Piano Services <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aartinamerica@optonline.net">aartinamerica@optonline.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi,<br>
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Not sure if the list is still up, However i have a long time customer, who is a professional jazz Bass player.<br>
He has a Yamaha 1970's spinet tuned to A=440. He uses the piano for rehearsals with his band and writing/arranging.<br>
He tunes it twice a year May/June and December.<br>
No AC in small city row house outside NYC. Summer is very hot and humid.<br>
The piano fluctuates between - 20c in the winter and + 12c in the Summer.<br>
I Tuned it two week ago ( Lots of rain and high Humidity ) and as usual the piano was 12c sharp.<br>
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.<br>
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.<br>
I've advised him that maybe this piano has seen better days and he should get a better piano with a Dammp Chaser.<br>
He and his budget say no. However I think his KB Player is expecting more form this piano then it can deliver.<br>
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I would appreciate some insight as to the pitch differential. Possibly the soundboard is expanding and contracting with the seasons?<br>
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Any thoughts on this?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Aart Markenstein<br>
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Aart in America Piano Company<br>
Jersey City NJ<br>
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