<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe this is a question for one or = more European subscribers to this list (Isaac, Andre, Richard?)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In fact, I was wandering about the = diagrams of the anual indoor humidity cycles as shown in the books of Larry Fine, = Reblitz or the Dampp-Chaser brochure, and if these are comparable with the West- = European cicles. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The other thing I was wandering about = is to know when should be the best moment to tune pianos in = musicschools</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(they ask their pianos should be tuned = only once a year and no Dampp-Chasers)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It looks to me that some pianos have a = great pitch drop in the middle section after New Year, so those should certainly be = tuned twice?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the Piano Book, Larry Fine says that = tuning pianos twice a year is not ideal (to much pitch = adjustments)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any comments,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pierre Gevaert,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Belgium</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>