How weather affects pianos

[Clyde Hollinger]

They don't seem interested, even though I think I mention it without fail, and leave them the information if they *do* seem interested.

Clyde

Farrell wrote:

> And how do these people that request *extra* tunings feel about humidity control - whether it be whole house or installed on/in the piano?
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:08 PM
> Subject: How weather affects pianos
>
> > Paul,
> >
> > Most of the pianos I service that have been stable in previous Februarys are
> > flat this time around, some severely.  Too cold too long, and it makes a
> > difference.  If I tune them to A-440, they'll be sharp next February, if we have
> > a normal winter, which explains why I float the pitch (in case someone wants to
> > have a go-around on that subject again).  I leave them a little flat, but they
> > won't be flat when the weather returns to normal.  (They won't be in tune,
> > either.)
> >
> > Also, I have gotten requests for *extra* tunings from clients who normally have
> > their pianos tuned in mid to late summer.  The change in the tuning between a
> > humid season and an exceedingly cold and therefore dry piano climate becomes
> > more than they can stand.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Clyde
> >
> > "Paul Chick (EarthLink)" wrote:
> >
> > > Terry, Clyde, Others
> > >
> > > Tell us what you see these weather conditions doing to the pianos you just
> > > tuned.  We experienced temps dropping from the mid 30's to -17 degrees, and
> > > temps stayed 10 degrees or lower for about 3 weeks. Now they are moving up
> > > to the low 30's again. Furnaces run almost constantly and the humidity
> > > plunges.  There has been a rash of sticky keys, tight actions, knocks and
> > > squeeks, tuning drifts-many needing pitch raises. It's like you haven't
> > > tuned the piano for years.  You mention temp changes of  20-25 dgrees.  With
> > > that would come some humidity changes.  I'm curious to know how this affects
> > > the pianos in your area.
> > >
> > > Paul Chick
> > > Southeastern Minnesota
> >
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