Continuing with the theme of factors in the auditorium that throw off the pitch, like stage lights, I had this experience a few years ago. I was taking some graduate classes at a local university and worked out a deal to tune the schools pianos in exchange for the tuition. One of my professors, a clarinetist, asked me to tune the little Baldwin grand in the dining hall, as they were having a concert/dinner the next night and he was playing. The next week, when I asked him how it went, he told me that it was a good thing he had a shorter barrell for his clarinet as the piano went sharper and sharper as the evening went on. I suspected that the increased humidity caused by 500 people exhaling in the dining hall may have done it. Have any others of you experienced a similar situation? ===== Wallace T. Scherer, Piano Technician, Music Educator Piano Tuning & Repairs, Piano Lessons, Edwards String Covers P.O. Box 4121, Lantana, Florida, 33465 Phone: 561-432-4121 Web page: http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/afinetune __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
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