<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3105.105" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Comments below</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Billbrpt@AOL.COM" title=Billbrpt@AOL.COM>Billbrpt@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 05, = 2002 9:35 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: etd = tunings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 6/5/02 8:07:03 AM Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:lesbart1@juno.com">lesbart1@juno.com</A> (Leslie W = Bartlett) writes: <BR><BR><BR></FONT> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR>If, on the one hand, this fellow is = such a high falootin' musically superior professional, what the heck is he doing = trying to tune a piano which is 1/2 step low?  That is a *seriously* substandard state for a piano to be found in.  The first = question I'd be asking is *why* is it so low?  Someone mentioned that = raising the pitch 100 cents would add about a ton or so.  Actually, it is = more like 4 tons!  Who in his right mind could ever claim that he just = went in and *hot dogged* a piano up 100 cents and it stayed in tune = perfectly for an entire year?  Sheeesh! <BR><BR>I haven't seen one opinion yet = that says this is possible.  The consensus seem to be that this is a = highly inflated claim. <BR><BR>Bill Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, Wisconsin = <BR><A href="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l = b r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'm with you on this one, Bill.  I think "perfectly in tune for one year" is an extremely = vague and confusing term to use with this situation. Perfect to many tuners has different conotations. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Sure if you could continually play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in the key of C and octaves and unisons remains somewhat  in the ball park for a = year I can see how some would classified that as staying perfectly in = tune. Those who do concert tunings and understand stability, view the = term perfect in a entirely different category. In these situations the = pianos are already stable but when the slightess inflection of heat  or = humidity change, a stable piano can begin to drift.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> <FONT size=2>The reality is (and regardless of any one = 's technique) physics, tension disbursement, and above all scale = design rule in extreme pitch raise situations. Once a tremendous = amt. of load is added to the board it is rediculous to assume that nothing = in the tension department is going to remain in absolute stable condition. = As a rule, it ain't going to happen. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Tom Servninsky,RPT</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML= >