<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>I've got a Dampp-Chaser question for techs who work in San Francisco a = fair amount.  Davids Love and Ilvedson come to mind readily.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>San Fancisco is a notoriously foggy area, with year round humidity and = cool air.  "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco," = Mark Twain once said.  I have several clients there.  I was there yesterday, around seven months after the previous tunings for the two custom= ers I visited, fully ready to install heater bar/humidistat combinations in each= of the two small Korean grands.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Much to my surprise, both pianos were right at pitch, and unisons were fairly solid in both.  Humidity in the houses was around 50-55% in both= cases.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My question is this:  once the piano has acclimatized to SF, will = the tuning remain stable without climate control?  There is certainly less variation in climate there than there is in the South Bay, where it gets bot= h colder in the winter and hotter and drier in the summer.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It seems to me, I need to continue to monitor regulation, centers, and string condition.  One of the pianos came from Denver about 3 years ago= , and since they arrived, the hammers lifted about 3/4" off the rail.  </= DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm curious about the experiences in these matters of techs who spend a= lot of time in SF.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks!  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>