<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>  HI </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>  Barbara</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>  I prefer to have the piano baked but don'= t care much for the experience my self so I usually tune it & let it float. The= oboe & woodwins can tolerate about a 4 cent drift either side of 440 before they complain so your 4 cent drift isn't to eztreme</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>   . It would be easy to quickly reset= your bass ocatves if you have the chance at the dinner break but you/we are juggl= ing the pitch & frankly in reality there is ony so much we as tuners can do = ... unless some one has an extra magic wand I can borrow Friday night?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>  The pitch will come up over the course of= an hour or so with the lights off & then the lights come back on.  wha= t to do ,what to do....</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>  Dale</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all (especially Guy Nichols),</FONT></= DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Big concert on Friday.  The pia= no concerto isn't first on the program, darn.  So......where should I pu= t the pitch--preheated under the lights or o' de natural?  If it helps,= I tune before the rehearsal, the rehearsal is mid-afternoon, orchestra breaks for dinner (piano gets touched up), concert at 8 pm.  I know i= t doesn't take long for the downward drift to take place, but how long does = it take for it to go back up?   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've found that the drift with the lights= is normally 4 cents in the tenor and treble.   Fortunately, th= e unisons don't go wild.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT= ><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your insight.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>