Pounding tuning pins.

[John Ross]

Hi Brian,
If the piano was in my neck of the woods, I would say it was more to do
with luck. You were probably tuning it at the same time of the year,
humidity
wise. So you were just tuning for the amount of piano, out of tuneness,
rather than a seasonal change. Obviously the piano had previously been
tuned enough to have stabilized.
Up here I can tune a piano, and if I tune it again within a few months, but
different season, it can be out as much as +/- 30c. But if I tune it a year
later, it will be almost right on.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Trout" <btrout@desupernet.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: Pounding tuning pins.


> Good morning, Ed.
>
> Every time I think I've figured out just how bad a piano 'untouched by a
> tuning for a decade' will be, it'll surprise me.
>
> I had a 30 year old no name console that I had to tune a while back.  They
> said no one had touched it in at least 8 or 9 years.  I expected to have
to
> go through this thing 2 or 3 times just to make it playable.  The thing
was
> within 10 cents over the whole keyboard.  I couldn't believe it.
>
> Sometimes things actually go better than expected.   :-)
>
> I hope yours does too, Ed.
>
> Have a good day.
>
> Brian Trout
> Quarryville, PA
> btrout@desupernet.net
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <A440A@AOL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Pounding tuning pins.
> > Greetings,
> >          Interesting to read this post this morning.  I am just heading
> out
> > the door to make a first call to a customer who told me, "We bought this
> > Kawai grand four years ago,  and have moved several times.  We never got
> > around to getting it tuned, ever!"  <snip>
>
>