<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" = name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px 10px = 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll=yes ORGYPOS="0"> <DIV><FONT size=2>At least with respect to pianos found on large = cruise ships, and in my case, exclusively Yamaha C3s, whereas the low tenor does = indeed swing more than the rest of the scale, if there is a significant change in = weather (especially if causing the ship's heat to come on), often the = entire scale will move up or down a bit fairly evenly. And for pianos on the ship, I = will float the pitch anywhere between A440 and A442. I usually keep 'em = pretty close to 440, but if they do go sharp a tad, I tune 'em where they = are.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hey, if you can't float the pitch on a ship..........</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I find it rare that I need to adjust pitch on every = string on these pianos during a tuning. I service them every other week. It seems = most often that the worst case is that you only get a dozen or two "freebies" = (string not needed any tension adjustment). Once in a while I don't even have to = touch anything up. Often it's just cleaning up a handful of unisons. Once or = twice a year I run across a piano on the cruise ship. that actually needs a = pitch raise - but even that is usually only after the ship has been in dry = dock for a week or so and the climate control has been shut off. Other than that, = with the climate control going 24/7, and these ships being the length of three = football fields, the climate tends to be very consistent on the cruise ships.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>With regards to Robin's comments, when the low tenor = does drift independent of the rest of the piano, most often I = will be adjusting the low tenor to match the rest of the piano. But really, = whatever section is between A440 or just above will be my target pitch - that = way, if I have to do some pitch adjustment, and I can have a "freebie" section, I = go for it!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"> </DIV> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 = width="100%" border=0><TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" = width="100%"> <DIV>Jason..I think in the "real world" the sharp or flat factor applies mostly to the Tenor section. Rarely, in my opinion does the piano go sharp = or flat EVENLY over the whole piano.... Here lies the = problem...If the Tenor goes sharp, do you raise the Bass and treble to match? or = do you lower the Tenor section?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bit of..Six of one or, half a dozen of the = other!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Robin Stevens </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><I>-------Original Message-------</I></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings><SPAN class=484351607-28012006><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I imagine that if you "recently" tuned = the piano (last week or last month or two months ago) and now it's still = "in tune" but a couple of cents sharp, you tune it where it lies? That = makes it a half-hour tuning instead of an hour and a half, and the = following week (or month or couple of months) you again tune it where it lies, = and within six months, when you have the couple of hours, you bring = it all to 440 again. Yes? Or do you keep adjusting it to 440 every = time? Or sell Dampp-chasers?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN = class=484351607-28012006><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Jason Kanter </SPAN></DIV></SPAN><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> </DIV> <DIV></DIV>I tune cruise ship pianos once a week.  On them = you have the problem of rocking, vibrations, salt air, hard players and continuous playing (mechanisms).  Comes down to the fact = that you tune a whenever it needs it.<BR><BR>Phil Ryan<BR>Miami Beach<BR><BR>pianotune05 wrote: <DIV cite="mid010a01c621e1$50d3e4e0$1174b143@eva12marshal0g" type="cite"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>How often is too often to tune a = piano?  I typically see twice a year, or even every three months.  Is = anything less than that necessary such as once a month or even = once a week which I 've heard of?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV></DIV><BR> <DIV> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom = align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BLOC= KQUOTE></BODY></HTML>