<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <div><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hey, at least you were in a tent. I had to do one on a football field for a high school graduation ceremony, in the middle of June, at 3 PM, with the sun shining. It was about 100 degrees, with the humidity at 90". </FONT> I just pretended to do a tuning knowing that by 7 PM, after the sun went down, .....</div> <div> </div> <div>Wim<br> <br> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Rob McCall <rob@mccallpiano.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Fri, Jan 20, 2012 10:20 pm<br> Subject: [pianotech] Sweatbox Tuning<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_7c23185b-cad1-4896-8f56-f4b9ce758342>Today I had a tuning of a Schafer & Sons SS-58 grand that was the first piano I've tuned where I needed to wear sunglasses and sunscreen.  I think I lost about 3 pounds during the tuning. <div><br> </div> <div>The piano came from inside the house that morning when it was foggy and the grass was wet. By the time I entered the sauna tent made of clear plastic and sat in front of the piano around 1pm, it was 72F outside but it was more akin to a tropical greenhouse on the inside (see attached). I now know what an ant under a magnifying glass feels like. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>I had to drape my leather jacket over the end of the bass strings to block the sun from hitting the strings. Of course, they didn't want me to move the piano, so I was pretty much staring into the sun the entire tuning, as well.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>The wedding reception was to be held that evening. It should be cold outside the tent  (low 40's to high 30's) and they were going to turn on heaters to blow warm dry air throughout the tent.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>This one only got a curbside warranty on the tuning... Who knows where it will end up by the time they move it back into the house on Monday... :-)</div> <div><br> <div><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space">Regards,</div> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><br> </div> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space">Rob McCall</div> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><br> </div> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space">McCall Piano Service, LLC<br> <A href="http://www.mccallpiano.com/" target=_blank>www.mccallpiano.com</A></div> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space">Murrieta, CA</div> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space">951-698-1875<br> </div> </SPAN></div> </SPAN></div> </SPAN></div> </SPAN></div> </SPAN></SPAN></div> <IMG id=b3a4feff-a5b3-45db-9833-c9e76e103a07 src="cid:DD7D6BCB-E0DA-4594-B3A4-3D3036CB29B2@socal.rr.com" width=640 height=479></div> <div><br> </div> <div><IMG id=9adf023e-6dc3-4898-bed0-759e2e25963a src="cid:8CF21EB2-C285-4794-B5BA-B35BD897BAA8@socal.rr.com" width=479 height=640></div> </div> </div> </font>