<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<grin> <br>
<br>
You know, it seems to me that you might do better to set up the
testing by booking the committee for two successive weekends in a
fairly dry time of year, and using a humidifier in the room with the
piano during the week ... that is, if you don't worry about damage
to the piano. But it has to accommodate this much change during
seasonal changes anyway. (I don't see how you guys put up with the
seasonal humidity you do!) But if you could do the test with
artificially introduced humidity, you could have the committee come
just a week later -- it seems to me that their tuning style and
physical condition might be much more similar during the two
sessions than if you waited six months. <br>
<br>
You are planning to make digital readings of analog work, which is
already a bit of a reach, so anything you can do to reduce
accidental variables would be a good idea. Just MHO. Plus you
wouldn't have to wait six months for your results. <br>
<br>
Susan <br>
<br>
On 5/15/2012 7:05 PM, Encore Pianos wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:001b01cd3308$4d300500$e7900f00$@metrocast.net"
type="cite">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=ISO-8859-1">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered
medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
color:black;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">OK, so we’re all agreed? Limit’s ten beers
tonight…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Will Truitt<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF
1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan
Kline<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] phenomana - experiment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On 5/15/2012 5:57 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The only way it will mean anything is if it
is done as a master tuning by a test committee on a piano
previously tuned by a test committee as a master tuning at a
significantly different RH%, and the recorded tunings
compared. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">And,
I presume, these two tunings are to be done by the SAME
committee. Otherwise you've introduced a new variable other
than humidity. And hopefully, none of them are hungover on
those particular days, at least not unless they are always
hungover the same amount. <br>
<br>
Susan </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>