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<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Pierre,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Tell
them that tuning twice a year is great minimum, and 3 or 4th for piano
classes.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>By
accepting their conditions, you may be rob someone else job, and do =
yourself a
disfavor, as you will be considered responsible for the bad state of the =
pianos
that will happen inevitably.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Indoor
humidity is not only related to the continent it is mostly related to =
the
process employed for heating in winter, in the conservatory I work for, =
the heat
is strong in winter with no moisture added, and the drift in pitch can =
be as
high as 18 cts (on pianos that play 8 hr /day that =
is )</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Tuning
twice does not necessary mean you will have to adjust pitch a lot, if I =
tune at
442 in the spring, the winter pitch is a little less than 440
often.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>The
best moment for tuning in schools is before they ask it, because =
YOU know
when and what is necessary !</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Not
useful but think about it , and when will you secure the action screws ? =
even
the regulation, lube, regulate pedals and key play ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>No
matter what they pay if they ask you 1 tuning year, they are not =
considering you
as a professional, this is abusing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Consider you are offended, or explain them what to do. May be =
you can
find another way with them, an exchange or something that helps. Working =
for
public music schools mean very low budget, but there may have
some</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>If you
accept their law, they will call you the second day of the
examinations, and at different other times to come in emergency always =
for
things that should have been fixed if you had more often
visits.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Just
my ideas about it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Regards, (don't mean to be rude, hope you did not feel it as
that)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Isaac</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346524520-24092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>De la =
part
de</B> Gevaert Pierre<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> mardi 24 septembre =
2002
21:12<BR><B>À :</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Objet :</B> =
tuning and
European climate<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>