[CAUT] It's sooo nasty humid!

[Paul T Williams]

Thanks, Zeno.

How have you found voicing to change in nasty climate changes...That's my 
biggest worries....so far.  You know, the cheek block screws were so snug, 
that the action would not return to rest on una-chorda pedal shifting? 
Nasty!  I've never had this problem before, but since we had the Special 
Olympics here 4 weeks ago with doors open all day every day, I'm seeing 
problems I've never seen before with these 2 concert grands: a Baldwin D 
and a Steinway D.  All a mess and two weeks to fix them (besides all the 
other pianos to get ready for school). Squeeks, groans, sluggish etc all 
play a factor. Also, across the "breeze-way to the music building the 2 
grands in those big orch and choir rooms are also nasty as well.

Friday is supposed to relax on the heat and humidity and next week as 
well, so I guess it's a wait and see thing.  I need to start now, though!

Paul




From:
Zeno Wood <zeno.wood at gmail.com>
To:
caut at ptg.org
Date:
08/11/2010 03:53 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] It's sooo nasty humid!



Here in NY, it's been awfully humid and hot but they say it'll abate 
somewhat this weekend.  However, I know that we're still in for another 
month or more of hot and humid.  Just gotta jump in and tune those 
suckers.

-Zeno Wood


On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Paul T Williams <
pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:
Hey Caut's; 

I went over to one of our venues and lowered the pianos from A-444 to 440. 
 It's so humid, that everything is sticking. Soft pedal action wont return 
the action to rest (temp fix: loosen the cheek block screws)  Lots of 
squeeks and groans I've never heard from these instruments before. Since 
they get moved so much, I can't really get a DC on them. 

It's supposed to relax starting this Friday.  School starts a week from 
Monday and it starts up with a bang!   

Should I hold off til next week or trudge into it now?  First recital in 2 
weeks. 

How much does humidity affect voicing?  The Steinway D needs a little, the 
Baldwin D needs a lot. 

Thanks 
Paul 


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