Hi Susan, My favorites--humidity and heat (or lack thereof). At 12:38 PM 5/6/2005 -0700, you wrote: >At 11:49 AM 5/6/2005 +0000, Don wrote: > >>Hi Susan, >> >>What I have observed is the piano being "whacked" so hard that unisons go >>out on a temporary basis. I checked them immediately *after* the >>performance--and they were out. The next day they were fine again. > >Ah, the self-healing unisons. I really like those, too. I think that >moderate playing helps them joggle back into equality of tension between >the different wire segments. > >But I have sometimes had the opposite experience. There I am at a concert >where the whole stage is shaking from the blows the piano is taking -- >the tuning survives -- I'm filled with relief and glee -- there's another >concert the next week, and I think, "well the piano held okay, so this >shouldn't be too hard a tuning" and then when I get to the piano, the >tuning is all over the place. I have no idea how this can happen, but >I've met it a few times. > >Susan > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.5 - Release Date: 5/4/2005 > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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