<HTML>In a message dated 2/15/01 11:23:39 PM !!!First Boot!!!, tito@PhilBondi.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">What I found out is you have to tune somewhere around pp in this situation, and take as much of the room out of the picture as possible. If I were to do battle with those acoustics, I would still be there( I tuned it yesterday). Tuning at pp gave me the 'opportunity' to hear what I wanted to hear out of the piano in order to do a good job....but...now comes the stability issue. </BLOCKQUOTE> Phil You can tune at pp, but you can give it a blow at FF, for the stability. Then check at pp to see if the string held. Although I don't use them, ear plugs in a situation like this would be very useful. The other thing I have found, the few times I did tune in a "live" church is that an ETD is very helpful. You can tune at F, get the stability you need, and the machine will tell you where you are. Willem </HTML>