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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">-----<B>Subject:</B> Overpulling a
Steinway</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Greetings,
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Is it
possible that I pulled this one Steinway console over pitch when I did =
a pitch
raise last year? When I left the piano last March I had it up to =
A-440, and
when I went back this year it was 8-9 beats sharp across the =
board. Is
it possible the thing could have "crept up"???
<BR> The =
owner
told me that she had someone else in to tune it in September again. I =
think
the other tuner over pulled it, but am not so sure about that. Since =
Steinways
are notoriously "friction" pianos maybe all the notes' tension =
"equalized"
between the da capo and the pin, causing it to sharpen acros the =
board.
<BR><BR>Julia, <BR>Reading, PA </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Julia,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Here in =
Massachusetts relative
humidity is still low in march. (29%) in my last clients home
today.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Any piano pitch =
raised to 440
in march will be sharp in June-July. How sharp is variable but =
inevitable
without climate control.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Here in 2004 we =
had a VERY
rainy spring and a pitch raised piano could go 25 cents sharp or
more.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> We don't know what =
the other
tuner did, but he or she could have tuned it sharp in anticipation of =
the heat
coming on, or pulled it down to pitch in one pass.If so the piano =
would
have been sharp again before the day was out.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> My point here is =
that the RH
is the most likely reason ,combined with the unknown acts of the =
mystery
tuner.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> While =
healthy
to question ones practices, this is one circumstance =
where too many
variables and too much time has gone by to make any determination on =
your
initial work.Trust yourself and your work !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> As an aside , I =
would politely
ask why another tuner was called in and secondly why the client didn't =
stay
with that tuner.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> This may be a =
client who
regards the piano tuner as one would a gas station and use whomever =
comes to
mind.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> This happens to us =
all ,no
matter how conscientious our work is, Its up to you if this is a =
client
with whom you wish to do business .</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Best =
wishes,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Tom Driscoll =
RPT</FONT></DIV>
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