1977 Yamaha U1

Clyde Hollinger cedel@supernet.com
Fri, 06 Jul 2001 18:49:03 -0400


John,

I wouldn't expect a 7% humidity increase to make *that* much difference.  But if
you had several dry days before the April 6 tuning and several very humid days
before yesterday's tuning, that could have a substantial impact on the pitch of
the piano.

Regards,
Clyde

"John M. Formsma" wrote:

> I had last tuned this piano on 4/6/01 with the temperature and humidity at
> 72F and 63%. The piano was basically at A440 at that time. Yesterday, the
> temp was 70F and the RH was 70%. The piano was sharp everywhere--A4 was +12,
> A3 was +20, the bass was about +7, and the treble was about +10.
>
> I don't service that many U1s this often, so I don't get to monitor pitch
> changes like I do with this one. Is it typical to expect that much change
> with a 7% RH increase?





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