piano recommendation

[EugeniaCar@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-03-11 20:19:11 EST, University@emin10.mail.aol.com
(Wally Wilson) writes:

>Re: piano recommendation

Dear Wally and all,
I don't know is my situation is the "best" or not, but it seems to work for
me. In our Performing Arts Center, we have a Hamburg D, a NY D, a C7, and
three U1's. The U1's and the C7 have Dampp Chasers since they are used in
areas that we can almost always keep them plugged in. The D's do not have
climate control systems, but the room they are stored in is now reasonably
stable, temperature stays at 70, humidity around 55%. (It took me almost the
entire first year to get building maintenance to regulate the system in the
storage room, but I finally convinced them to do it. What a year of flux that
was!) Now, as long as the storage room system stays reasonably stable, the
pianos do too. When something goes awry with the system, the pianos go awry
as well.

Both D's are usually tuned at least once a week. If nothing is scheduled, I
will still stop by and give them a quick tuning, usually taking no more than
15 or 20 minutes. I've found that the more stable I keep the pitch and
unisions, the easier it is to tune for concerts. I might add that I have my
tunings for each instrument stored in my Accutuner; this really helps the
tuning time factor.

 When they are scheduled for use, I try to have them brought to the stage
area at least a day before the concert to allow them time to acclimate to the
stage environment. I've come to believe that this is one of the most
important factors for stability during performance. On those rare times that
they are brought straight down without time to acclimate, the tunings are not
nearly as stable.

Gina Carter