Mike, you just convinced me to think seriously about tuning sharp. We are at the highest period of humidity in this area--around 60% RH :-) However, the pianos do have DC dehumidifier systems installed. The stage manager says he will buy a half dozen data loggers to put in the rooms. He used ours for the Bosey for the first year and just purchased one for it. He was simply thrilled to be able to tell the building engineers that the climate in the piano barn and on stage is NOT stable and that he can prove it! The list seems to have gotten gentler, I didn't need to purchase an industrial strength flame suit! (Or are they just kinder to women?) Diane Hofstetter ________________________________ > From: IFixPianos at yahoo.com > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:08:47 -0600 > To: caut at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Advice for achieving stability sooner? > > > Hi Diane, > > Having been chastised to the point of acquiring an industrial quality flame suit when I brought up the suggestion of tapping/seating strings on bridges, I have learned my lesson and will strongly suggest against that action. > > > > After a year what they need is to be pulled sharp 442 or perhaps higher, Kawai's have a nasty habit of the strings pulling around the hitch pin, DAMHIK and it's a good idea to keep that in mind when doing a pitch raise on them. Once they are stabilized they hold pitch rather well, at least their predecessor UST 5-6-7-8 all did, my understanding is the scaling has been changed, I have yet to do a UST9. > > > > When you approach the powers that be at the college I would suggest taking reprints of the Kawai suggested 3 or 4 times to be tuned in the first year. If you can't find it on their website, it's on PTG's. > > > > Good Luck, > > Mike > > -- > I intend to live forever. So far, so good. > Steven Wright > > > Michael Magness > Magness Piano Service > 608-786-4404 > www.IFixPianos.com > > > email mike at ifixpianos.com
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