Dear list, If a piano is tuned at a-440 and then we don't listen to it for six months or so you mean it goes out of tune? Well all this time I thought it was like the tree in the woods that fell over but nobody could hear it so it didn't make any difference..... I know different parts of the country have climates unlike the midwest so these comments might not apply for all. In practice room and teaching studio situations I deliberately try to keep the pianos closest to pitch relative to the main part of the school year. Here in Indiana that means October through April when the heat is on. Especially the rooms for instrumentalists. ( I've heard it said most pianists are not as critical of pitch because they have little ability to control it. Or was that vocalists they were talking about?) May through September I let the pianos go/ stay sharp of pitch and will only lower the pitch if it is more than 10 or 12 cents sharp. Since many of these pianos are not used in the summer the pitch variance is often not a priority. Granted I can't do this with every piano but it sure does help take a load off. I think it also helps keep those pianos a little more solid in their tunings. This seems to work well for me but I'd like to hear your comments or questions. Bill Scharbrough RPT Indianapolis
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