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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Funny, I just posted almost the same =
thing.
The reason for my responding here is that it never, ever, ceases to =
amaze me how
few people who are in charge of these "concerts" even have a clue as to =
what
conditions we need to get good results. I suppose after dealing with all =
the
managers, performers, movers, schedulers, the last thing they want to =
hear is
the piano tuner complaining that the temperature or conditions are not =
right. I
can understand their plight, but we have to remember that if the piano =
doesn't
sound right, we get blamed. Even if it's not within our control because =
of
differing conditions. I think that's why some very high level =
technicians don't
accept concert work. Many times it's too stressful, and there's always =
the
possibility that your reputation is going to take a hit.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mcpiano@videotron.ca =
href="mailto:mcpiano@videotron.ca">Marcel
Carey</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 25, 2004 =
5:00
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: audience throws =
off
pitch</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Often enough I have to work in difficult situations. I =
tune a
Yamaha<BR>C-5 for a hall (pop music though) and have to tune in the
morning.<BR>I've gotten there to find the piano cold. No wonder they
sometimes<BR>call me back for another tuning after sound check. What I =
have
found<BR>is that the pitch will drift quite a bit (octaves mostly). If =
I
have<BR>to tune the piano the next day for another performance and =
find
the<BR>piano still cold, I will just touch up unisons and leave
octaves<BR>beating a little so that when the piano warms up it =
"should" fall
into<BR>place. I would like to have more precise scientific way to
predict<BR>this moving, butt...<BR><BR>The other place I work at is a =
summer
music festival. They rehearse<BR>all day, I tune in at around 5 pm, =
and as
soon as I'm done, they start<BR>the air conditionning FULL BLAST. The =
hall is
small 500 seats and it<BR>gets very hot once the concert starts. I can =
sometimes feel unisons at<BR>the beginning of the concert, but it =
usually gets
better as the hall<BR>warms up until it gets to hot and then unisons =
start
making a little<BR>bit of noise again.<BR><BR>So, I think it is almost =
impossible to do a perfect tuning in these<BR>circomstances. The way I =
found
out works the best for me is to do a<BR>tuning in the morning and then =
touch
it up after rehearsal. When I<BR>attend concerts, I usually keep my =
fingers
crossed.<BR><BR>Marcel Carey, RPT<BR>Sherbrooke,
Qc<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>