tuning with Dampp-Chaser

[James Baker]

No, I didn't think of trying that.  I will try it on my next problem piano.

Thanks,
James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: tuning with Dampp-Chaser


> Hi James,
>
> Did you try with just the back cover first?
>
> At 05:26 PM 3/22/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >I have 2 studio Yamaha pianos that move around alot in pitch after I open
> >them and I suspect the DC system.  On one, I removed the dehumidifier bar
> >and installed rear bars and a cover leaving the humidifier section inside
> >the piano.  It tunes like a champ now.
> >
> >James
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Charles Neuman" <piano@charlesneuman.net>
> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:53 PM
> >Subject: tuning with Dampp-Chaser
> >
> >
> >> Any strategies on tuning when there is a D-C installed?
> >>
> >> When I open the piano, the humidity starts to change. After a while
this
> >> affects notes I've already tuned.
> >>
> >> In my case, the humidity near the action of my vertical changes from
42%
> >> to 36%. After a half hour or so of practicing setting a temperament, my
> >> first notes have drifted a bit from where they were. I assume the
humidity
> >> change is the problem, but I suppose it could be how I set the notes.
> >>
> >> Do people run into this problem? If so, would you recommend leaving the
> >> piano open for a while before tuning?
> >>
> >> Charles Neuman
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
>
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