Hi Ryan, If I can pull this off, would it be better for it to be air tight, or for there to be some minute access for air flow (to prevent condensation?)? Thanks, Alan E. -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 9:39 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] when to tune... How about wrapping it in pallet wrap? You can get a roll from U-haul that comes on its own dispenser. Just wrap that baby up! Shouldn't take more than about 3 minutes! -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:52 PM, <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote: Hi Terry, So here are some of the gory details. There is an elaborate set-up on the stage, all of which must happen the night before, into which the piano must be ensconced and there remain. How I wish that the piano could be in its garage overnight... Thanks for your input, Alan E. -----Original Message----- From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 8:38 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] when to tune... Isn't there any way to avoid leaving the piano outside overnight? Unless you have unusual weather, the high humidity at dawn is just gonna kill it. Maybe a nearby garage? Anything but outside. Your thoughts on a morning tuning and then again right before the fact sounds reasonable. How fast can you tune? I tuned a few outdoors and if the sun is able to get at it at all, I've never been able to finish a tuning prior to it being way out of tune again. Good luck! Terry Farrell On Oct 7, 2010, at 1:01 PM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote: This Saturday a piano in my care will be used in an outdoor performance. I have been allotted time from 7-9 AM to service it, and again at 1 PM prior to the 2 PM down beat. I will also be able to spend time with it Friday afternoon, INdoors. Friday night, everything goes "outside." The piano will be covered (floor-length skirt), but, aside from that, will spend the night exposed to the elements. My question is this: Do y'all think it would be productive or counterproductive to tune the piano from 7-9 AM, or am I better off letting it warm up (and dry out!) during the morning hours, then do what I can in the time just before the performance (assuming, of course, that I do not get bumped from that slot!). Thoughts? Thanks, Alan Eder -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101007/df1654ce/attachment.htm>
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