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[ATodd@UH.EDU]

Keith McGavern,

   I can completely understand what Richard West meant about not tuning at
the beginning of the semesters. Before I moved to Houston, I did contract
tunings at a university in San Angelo, TX. Invariably, because of  the
chilled-air type of air conditioning they had, the pianos would be app. a
quarter of a step sharp in August/Sept and after I lowered the pitch at that
time, then in January they would be app. the same amount flat because of the
heat with no humidity.
   It was a no win situation. One year I was not able to get to the pianos to
start tuning until late November/December and the pitch was already starting
to come down because of some early cold weather we had which necessitated the
heat being on
   I think a lot depends on what type of climate one lives in and
definitely what type of air-conditioning system the building has.
   I also tuned during that time at a university that had a normal "home"
type system that removed humidity. I never had a problem with the pitch level
of those pianos.

Avery Todd
University of Houston
atodd@un.edu