Hi David, Why not have them budget for Piano Lifesaver Systems. Then they can have their cake and eat it too. At 08:19 AM 5/13/2009 -0400, you wrote: >Another thing to consider that I thoughth of laying in bed last night of all >places, when floating pitch sharp are some of those P202's that were made in >South Haven with very sharp bass angles to the tuning pins or, certain Story >& Clarks that are also like that and perhaps other brands. Leaving these >pianos sharp is almost asking for a broken bass wire if we raise the bass >sharp to match the rest... Won't do that either.. > >-----Original Message----- > I agree. Usually it's the low tenor that's way sharp or flat. Here in >Denver, especially in the schools for some reason, at the end of August the >low tenor on almost all pianos is 25 cents sharp. > I float the pitch, i.e., if they insist on tuning the pianos at the end >of August, I'll leave them sharp, but not by 25 cents. I'll lower the pitch > >in the low tenor to the level A49 is at, which may only be 10 or 15 cents >sharp. But I don't lower it to 440 because I know then I'll have to do a >pitch raise in November. > If they can afford to tune the pianos only once a year, I tell them >they'll have to tolerate out-of-tuneness from August til November or so. >Then I tune them and they stay pretty well in tune for the rest of the >school year. In January thru March, depending on how much the heating >system has been running, they may be 5 or 10 cents flat. But it's foolish >to raise them to 440 because then in the summer they may climb to more than >25 cents sharp. > If the teachers want in-tune pianos at 440 for the entire school year, >then they have to budget for at least two tunings per piano. > --David Nereson, RPT Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716
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