Rainy day tuning

[Clyde Hollinger]

David,

No, what?  That when it rains you won't tune any pianos?

Clyde

David Ilvedson wrote:

> 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!