This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At least with respect to pianos found on large cruise ships, and in my = case, exclusively Yamaha C3s, whereas the low tenor does indeed swing = more than the rest of the scale, if there is a significant change in = weather (especially if causing the ship's heat to come on), often the = entire scale will move up or down a bit fairly evenly. And for pianos on = the ship, I will float the pitch anywhere between A440 and A442. I = usually keep 'em pretty close to 440, but if they do go sharp a tad, I = tune 'em where they are. Hey, if you can't float the pitch on a ship.......... I find it rare that I need to adjust pitch on every string on these = pianos during a tuning. I service them every other week. It seems most = often that the worst case is that you only get a dozen or two "freebies" = (string not needed any tension adjustment). Once in a while I don't even = have to touch anything up. Often it's just cleaning up a handful of = unisons. Once or twice a year I run across a piano on the cruise ship. = that actually needs a pitch raise - but even that is usually only after = the ship has been in dry dock for a week or so and the climate control = has been shut off. Other than that, with the climate control going 24/7, = and these ships being the length of three football fields, the climate = tends to be very consistent on the cruise ships. With regards to Robin's comments, when the low tenor does drift = independent of the rest of the piano, most often I will be adjusting the = low tenor to match the rest of the piano. But really, whatever section = is between A440 or just above will be my target pitch - that way, if I = have to do some pitch adjustment, and I can have a "freebie" section, I = go for it! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 Jason..I think in the "real world" the sharp or flat factor = applies mostly to the Tenor section. Rarely, in my opinion does the = piano go sharp or flat EVENLY over the whole piano.... Here lies the = problem...If the Tenor goes sharp, do you raise the Bass and treble to = match? or do you lower the Tenor section? Bit of..Six of one or, half a dozen of the other! Robin Stevens=20 -------Original Message------- I imagine that if you "recently" tuned the piano (last week or = last month or two months ago) and now it's still "in tune" but a couple = of cents sharp, you tune it where it lies? That makes it a half-hour = tuning instead of an hour and a half, and the following week (or month = or couple of months) you again tune it where it lies, and within six = months, when you have the couple of hours, you bring it all to 440 = again. Yes? Or do you keep adjusting it to 440 every time? Or sell = Dampp-chasers? Jason Kanter=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I tune cruise ship pianos once a week. On them you have the = problem of rocking, vibrations, salt air, hard players and continuous = playing (mechanisms). Comes down to the fact that you tune a whenever = it needs it. Phil Ryan Miami Beach pianotune05 wrote:=20 Hi everyone, How often is too often to tune a piano? I typically see twice a = year, or even every three months. Is anything less than that necessary = such as once a month or even once a week which I 've heard of? Marshall =20 =20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f2/34/f7/b3/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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