Rainy day tuning: Was: pitch change

[David Ilvedson]

No!

David I.

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On 7/7/01 at 7:48 AM Clyde Hollinger wrote:

>Friends,
>
>Years ago a client called me on the morning I was scheduled to tune her
>piano.  She
>wondered if we should reschedule, since it was raining.  My understanding
>at the
>time was that the tuning doesn't change that fast, so not to worry about
>it.
>
>But incidents such as Warren's would debunk that.  The past couple of
>years I've
>heard of, and experienced, pianos changing even in the process of tuning. 
>Jack
>Stebbins has a story about doing a concert tuning.  He was part way
>finished when
>someone snapped the air conditioning on, which changed the tuning before
he
>finished.
>
>What do you tell people on rainy days?
>
>Regards,
>Clyde
>
>Warren Fisher wrote:
>
>> Remember this piano had been very stable for years, but didn't have a
D/C
>> system.  The C of  C  picked up the piano at 8a.m. and installed it on
>the
>> outside porch of their building.  At 10a.m., your's truly arrived to do
>my
>> thing.  A4 measured 13 cents sharp!!  The piano was used by the C of C
>until it
>> was returned to the caterer at 6:30p.m that day.   At 9a.m. the next
>day, I
>> measured A4 again at 18 cents sharp!!  For those of you still using your
>forks,
>> that's nearly a third of a half-step in 23 hours!