On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Franz Mechsner <[email protected]> wrote: > Stupid question: How does lightning dis-balance the tuning? Is it heat? Or > maybe the human warmth of the crowd instead?
It's not heat in itself that affects the tuning, but humidity, which is relative to the temperature: hot air contains more water than cold air. Stage lighting can be _very_ hot, causing performers to sweat and gut strings to go out of tune. It's also very local, causing air flows between the colder hall and the stage. Draught is not good for tuning stability either. An audience coming in from the rain with wet coats, just opening the door of the church to let the cold outside air come, someone kindly opening a window to create a cooling draught on stage, all of this can wreak havoc on a carefully tuned early music ensemble. David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
