<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=340193314-02082003>I know from first hand experience that = changes in humidity can completely destroy a tuning. I've tuned several factory new = pianos on arrival at the customer's home, and within a month, they were very = much out of tune again. The second tuning held much better. I believe I can set = the pin pretty good too.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=340193314-02082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=340193314-02082003>Richard</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Peter Burns<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 01, 2003 7:54 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> self-tuning piano<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don Gilmore, the inventor, states = "....My piano at home is audibly out of tune a fortnight after being = tuned...."  perhaps his troubles could be solved by one who knows how = to "set" the tuning pin correctly?  Can any techs explain the = consequences of using this</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"self-tuning"system a second or third = time after the piano has left the factory having been, so I understand, tuned = exactly sharp enough for the piano to be "in tune" after the first heating of = the strings. Surely this is not a receipe for the life long tuning care</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>of any piano?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"heated" comments = expected,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter J Burns<BR>Pianoforte Tuner = & Technician<BR><A = href="mailto:peter-burns.pianotuner@tesco.net">peter-burns.pianotuner@t= esco.net</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>