humidity

[McNeilTom@aol.com]

Question:  If you tune it at the pitch "where it is found", isn't that still
a bunch of changes to put the piano through?  For instance, in northern
climates, especially around the Great Lakes, summer brings high humidity;
pianos go sharp.  But that influence is primarily in the tenor and mid range,
often in the high bass, too, depending on the make and model and other
factors.  Often the last octave at each end is right about where we left it
six months ago.  If we tune at the pitch "where it is found", it avoids a
commotion in the mid-range (probably including at least most of the
temperament area, depending); but then we have to _raise_ both the treble
(hardest area to get right and stable?) and the bass.  What is gained by
that?

- Tom McNeil -
Vermont Piano Restorations