<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=windows-1250"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=359583523-02032005><FONT face=Arial>Tuning a Shafer = & Sons spinet, crap piano otherwise in good condition. Wildly out of tune = and 10-25 cents flat after 9 months. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359583523-02032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359583523-02032005><FONT face=Arial>Pinblock is = very tight. String friction must be low because the pitch rises and falls with the = slightest bit of pin torque, so stabilizing at pitch requires a little extra work. = Piano has not been moved and is not in a bad environment, gets played only gently, and infrequently. Strings about 20 years old.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359583523-02032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359583523-02032005><FONT face=Arial>Why, oh = why, are some pianos so prone to change and others so stable if it isn't the block? = High crown making the board very sensitive to humidity swings? Gremlins?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359583523-02032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359583523-02032005><FONT face=Arial>On the upside = ... she says the piano has always been that way and it didn't start when I became her = tuner. Since I forgot to call her, as promised, for her 6-month tuning, I told = her I would not be charging for the pitch correction. She smiled and said "Oh, = that's nice," then asked "Would getting a dehumidifier help?" = </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359583523-02032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359583523-02032005><FONT face=Arial>So the result = of clean living and being Mr. Nice Guy? Well, I sold a full DC system which I = fully expect to work wonders in this case AND my 6 month tunings should be a = lot easier. Ah, clean living.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>--<BR> No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.5.7 - Release Date: = 03/01/2005<BR> </FONT> </P>