[pianotech] Another Cruise Ship Piano Tuning Question

[Denise Rachel]

Terry, I agree with Dean.  That's what I always thought, too.

D
On Feb 14, 2010, at 9:21 PM, Dean May wrote:

> Hi Terry
> 
> I've noticed that phenomenon cropping up also on pianos that are regularly
> tuned. I attributed it to the differing lengths in the front scale and
> backscale. It's the only thing that made any sense to me. 
> 
> But I'm probably wrong. Again. 
> 
> Tuning cruise ships sounds awfully exotic. Do you ever get free tickets?
> 
> Dean
> 
> Dean W May                (812) 235-5272
> 
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> 
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
> Of Terry Farrell
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:21 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: [pianotech] Another Cruise Ship Piano Tuning Question
> 
> I have about 18 Yamaha C3s I tune on three cruise ships. Most of these  
> pianos are played every day for several hours. I see them every two  
> weeks. Each one gets a pretty thorough tuning every six weeks or so -  
> the other visits they will get some level of touch-up. The environment  
> on these 1,000-foot-long, ten story ships is VERY stable as there are  
> very few doors and windows opening to the outside and the AC runs 24/7.
> 
> When I come to each piano, it will have been reasonably well tuned two  
> weeks prior. With respect to unisons, I'll typically see (well,  
> hear...) one string out of every six or so half-steps beating and more  
> whining a bit. What I find 95+% of the time is that if the pitch of a  
> string has moved at all, the right string has gone a little bit sharp  
> and the left string has gone maybe twice that amount flat. I'll be  
> like that on virtually every single note that is making some noise.
> 
> What on earth would cause such a phenomenon?
> 
> Terry Farrell
> Port-of-Tampa
> 
> PS:  For any of you with tooooo much time on your hands, you can see  
> my cruise ship (Carnival Legend was today) at the Port of Tampa on  
> live streaming video - the cam is mounted atop the county building  
> downtown Tampa. Go to  http://cam01.hillsboroughcounty.org/user/JViewer.html
> 
>   and click on "Control" and click about a quarter inch away from the  
> upper left hand corner of the grey mesh area that appears after you  
> get control of the camera. Way cool, IMHO. The ship was late today and  
> I could simply periodically check my computer to look at this webcam  
> to see when the ship was approaching!
>