How weather affects pianos

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Ron,

one more thing;

At 11:32 2/19/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>>That's why I ALWAYS record temp/humidity at the time of the tuning.
>
>Exactly, and why I leave a the record in the piano, so the customer and I 
>can discover it TOGETHER if I have to go back. Actually, I leave two 
>records in the piano. A business card on the plate under the music desk in 
>a grand, or under the lid of a vertical, and a stealth record on a piece 
>of tape or sticker on either the underside of the music desk, or back side 
>of the front board where it won't be noticed should the card with the 
>humidity documentation mysteriously evaporate between the tuning and the 
>complaint. It's also on the invoice. This doesn't come up often, since I 
>spend a lot of time discussing humidity changes and their effects with 
>customers. But when it does, I'm covered.
>
>Ron N



...and.... if all paper has mysteriously disappeared - as an RCT user, I 
have along my laptop containing their service records.

I can show them not only past temperature and humidity readings, but what 
pitch A4 was when I started the tuning.



Conrad Hoffsommer PTG RPT, MPT, CCT
Decorah, IA

Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) for Bio-powered Digitally Activated 
Lever Action Tone Generation Systems