<HTML><HTML> Greetings, In Feb '04 I tuned two church pia= nos that were below pitch. They were down at about A430 or less. After I = was done they were A440. I did pitch raises. This year, I went back and foun= d that both pianos were about 10 cycles sharp...and this is February...the h= eat has been on for 4+ months the things should be flat, if anything, right?= But nooo.... they're sharp. On the first piano, (a Kawaii studio= upright) I thought: "Ok this is in a basement (choir rehearsa= l room) and it could be that moisture absorbed into the thing and so it's sh= arp". However, when I got upstairs to the sanctuary ( a Steinway console)= piano, its even sharper(!) (about 3 cycles sharper than the one in the b= asement) and a little business card of another tuner is in there; a date on = it reads: 8-9-04 A440...along with a list of other dates that indicated that they w= ere tuned twice a year by this tuner. (That card with dates was in there las= t February too). I am a stickler for A440 so today I = took each of the pianos and made them A4440 again. My question is: WHY? Why = were these pianos so ***@#$*#$%^% sharp!!!?? Could it be that the other tuner turned them up in August 04 after I was the= re in Feb '04? The story was when I was called in that were tuned regu= larly by this other tuner, (the card indicated such) Yet, the pianos = were so flat when I was called in, in Feb '04 that I had to pull them both u= p....what gives???? Julia Gottchall. Reading, PA </HTML>