<HTML>I recently ag= reed to tune my ex-wife's 10 year old Schiedmayer(built by Kawai to Schiedma= yer specs) 6 foot grand piano.  It was moved from the Sierra foothills = over 2 years ago, and was last tuned by me in April of 2002 BEFORE the move.=  It went from a house where the heat didn't go on until the temperatur= e dropped to 50 degrees, and the AC didn't switch on until it hit 80, to a h= ouse where the temperature is probably 70.352 degrees 24/7/365.   The last time I tuned it I spent 6 hours tweaking, pounding, tuning, ret= uning, playing, tuning, and getting it as stable as I could--far more stable= than our relationship, it turns out....:-).  When I went into her hous= e to see how much of a pitch raise it needed, I was surprised to find it onl= y 0-5 cents flat throughout the entire instument, and the unisons were not i= n bad shape at all. I find it interesting that a piano that underwent a 3000 foot elevation = drop, a 150 mile move, and fairly substantial temperature change would hold = it's tune so well for 2 years!  I was surprised to say the least. &nbsp= ;There are times when I swear I've socked in a piano in a stable environment= really well only to go back 6 months later and find it sounding like a honk= y-tonk pianner.   Sometimes we just get lucky, I guess.   Dave Stahl</HTML>