Beware! Worn out tuning tip.

[Clyde Hollinger]

I'd like to give one possibility here, if it's not the tuning hammer tips.  At the
PA PTG convention Jack Stebbins gave the illustration of just completing a concert
tuning in an auditorium when they switched the air conditioning on.  There went the
tuning.

If in your particular case a rather drastic weather or humidity change was
occurring (or air conditioners were on), and if you were using a highly accurate
ETD such as RCT or SAT, could that have resulted in the tuning changes?  I also use
tuning tips with a somewhat loose fit, and it has not been a problem for me.

Regards,
Clyde Hollinger, RPT

Daniel Jackson wrote:

> Brian Trout wrote:
> >
> > Hi Johannes,
> >
> > What's the weather like there?  It's not just idle conversation.
> >
> > I've come to appreciate that changing weather patterns and related
> > conditions can wreak havoc upon the best of tunings.
> >
>         Amen to that. Here in the humid SE I've experienced horrors relating to
> climate changes. I now keep a temp and humidity guage with me and record
> them everywhere I go. It's a great way to show what's happening,
> especially where you tune for concerts or several times a year. It can
> help you decide whether a piano should stay down at 439+ or be pulled
> back down from 441. Around here the swing can be as much as 436 to 444
> with the RH going from the upper 20s to the mid to upper 60s. (Yes, I
> have lots of work)
>         I used to go for 440 every time but that seems to be like swimming
> against the tide. It also can make for a more expensive and less stable
> tuning.
>         Dan J - Wmbg Va