<!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 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Everyone!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How hot can a piano get before you run = into more serious problems than changes in the tuning?  What are some of the = problems people have observed after a piano got hot?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Over the summer I tuned at a couple of = festivals on what were otherwise beautiful summer days here in Detroit but must have = been nightmares for the pianos.  As usual, I was asked to tune first = thing in the morning despite the stage manager's full knowledge that the tuning = will be seriously "altered" by the time the featured artist was going to = play.  Over the course of all the set changes, the pianos were often relegated = to some out-of-the-way corner of the stage where they sat out in full sunlight, = often wearing black naugahyde covers.  Those pianos were probably hot = enough to roast a fat steak by the time I came back to them to "touch them up" = just before the performances.  (The stage managers have been told repeatedly = not to leave the pianos out in full sunlight for any length of time = ....)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since then, those pianos have been = doing one-night stands all over metro Detroit and I haven't crossed paths with any of = them yet since their sunbathing sessions.  Nor have I heard any comments = from the other technicians who have serviced them since then.  Meanwhile I = came to yet another concert rental recently which had numerous loose lead = weights in the damper system, and I'm wondering if that one also got a good "sunburn" = at some point over the summer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance --</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Z! Reinhardt  RPT<BR>Ann = Arbor  MI<BR><A href="mailto:diskladame@provide.net">diskladame@provide.net</A></FONT><= /DIV></BODY></HTML>