[pianotech] Humidity

Laura Olsen ajoyfulsound at gmail.com
Wed Jul 25 07:39:28 MDT 2012


On Jul 24, 2012, at 5:19 PM, Jon Page wrote:

> I had this epiphany as well. I told them not to bother tuning the piano once the outside temperature dropped below the inside temp. during the week. For a perfprmance last week, I fortunately was able to persuade them to turn the a/c on two days prior.
> 
> I was tuning in a low-ceiling basement room today. The central a/c vent was in the ceiling over the piano. With the lid up, the cold air blew on the 5th octave area (I was already in oct 6). The section went 2c sharp. I put the lid at half-stick to block the air. Adjusted the pedals and returned tuning from C5 again. Raised the lid when the air was off, lowered it when it came back on.
> 
> >After a few years of these chronic psychotic episodes,  I refused to tune the piano during the winter months.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Jon Page
> 



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