[CAUT] Interesting inquiry

[Michelle Stranges]

That's absolutely true.
When guitars are stored in the non-pressurized cabins under planes if  
they are up to pitch they CAN be damaged.
When I was working with a group that flew in a piano  (I forget the  
exact details) I flipped out when I thought of this and callled the  
local Bosendorfer dealer (I was in Australia at the time) and the  
dealer assured me that pianos had been flown in to them at 442 and  
truly not to worry. I didn't worry. The piano arrived safely and  
unharmed.
The stage hands did however release tension on all the other stringed  
instruments before they were flown..

I wonder what the differnence would be?
The plate being able to take it- as opposed to the guitar not having  
such a thing?

Huh...

:)
Strange is
On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:29 AM, Cy Shuster wrote:

> This is common practice when shipping guitars.  The lowered tension  
> reduces the risk of damage -- or so I've heard... I may just be  
> spreading another myth.
>
> --Cy--
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Fred Sturm
> To: College and University Technicians
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 8:08 AM
> Subject: [CAUT] Interesting inquiry
>
> Hi all,
> For your amusement, following is an emailed inquiry I received today:
>   We would appreciate your opinion on some advice we have received  
> from Richard Hutton at Crown Relocations.
>
> The following is what Richard told us:  I have found some  
> information regarding your parents piano. If they contact a member  
> of the 'Piano Tuners and Technicians Guild' (this link will list  
> those members in NM < http://www.ptg.org/findATechnician- 
> showRPT.php?State=NM&Sort=zip >). Ask the piano tuner to then make  
> a note of the 'pitch' of the piano (in it's current setting) and  
> then to 'drop the pitch' - this is loosening the strings. The when  
> the piano arrives here in NZ you can have a piano tuner re-set the  
> 'pitch' back to it's original setting.
>
> I've heard of using "original parts," but reverting to "original  
> pitch" is a new one on me <G>. So that's what I've been missing all  
> these years!
> It does show that the Piano Page gets used, even internationally.  
> Maybe we're making some progress.
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> fssturm at unm.edu
>
>
>
>

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