<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19400"></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>No Wim and Marshall, it's the opposite!  Read what you wrote before you click "send"! </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jean-Luc</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/24/2013 6:47:43 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, tnrwim@aol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial><FONT color=black size=2 face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, Marshall, the pitch of a piano does go sharp when the temperature rises, or goes flat when the temperature drops. You understand, of course, only if the temperature in the room in which the piano is goes up or down. The pitch also goes up or down depending on the humidity level in the room. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Isn't this something sort of basic that your learned in school? So why do you ask?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim</DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05@hotmail.com><BR>To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Sun, Feb 24, 2013 3:28 pm<BR>Subject: [pianotech] pitch of a piano<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_1_4ec83ec4-445d-4450-a8e7-530a39f6b330> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Hi Everyone,</FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>I thought the pitch of a piano rises when the temp rises or goes sharp and when it's cold goes flat?  </FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Marshall<BR id=ecxFontBreak></FONT><BR><BR><EM><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Marshall Gisondi</FONT></EM><BR><EM><FONT size=3 face=Arial>MARSHALL'S PIANO SERVICE</FONT></EM><BR><EM><FONT size=3 face=Arial>215-510-9400</FONT></EM><BR><EM><FONT size=3 face=Arial><A title=http://www.phillytuner.com/ href="http://www.phillytuner.com/" target=_blank>http://www.phillytuner.com</A> </FONT></EM><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>