<HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Institutional heating and air conditioning.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Alpha88x@aol.com href="mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com"></A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 3/15/2004 4:44:35 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Keeping A440</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Greetings,<BR>  <BR>             I have a new customer who is head of a music department. Claims she gets all the pianos tuned 3 times a year: All newer (1980+ -) Yamahas. One is a grand C7.  I found them all around 8 cycles flat!  I find this difficult to fathom. Yet the tuner's card is inside the piano with all the dates written on it. <BR><BR>              I am really having a hard time believing that these pianos were actually brought up to pitch at each tuning. I own a Yamaha. They hold a tuning (In my home anyway). The pianos are only used about 10 hours a week more than a residence. What could be causing such a drop? <BR><BR>rookie<BR>Julia Gottchall'<BR>Reading, PA  </FONT></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>