Re: tuning stabiity
You lucked out; the environment at the gig was pretty much like the environment in your home, and the light-rail trip didn't expose the MD-614 to any temperature extremes. And, possibly, you don't dig into your strings with great force, or "bend" strings a lot, both of which can untune your instrument.
I find the greatest "tuning instability" is bringing instruments out of my relatively cool, humid basement "music room," to a playing space that's at a much different temperature or humidity. Taking them to an outdoor venue, for example, guarantees I'll need to do some pretty extensive retuning; direct sunlight can heat up instruments almost instantly, and that clip-on tuner gets a workout -- complicated by the fact that a lot of clip-ons are hard to read in direct sunlight!
Congratulations on your good luck, and don't expect you'll be that fortunate every time.
Allen Hopkins
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