[CAUT] Piano Tuning Myths

[Fred Sturm]

On Jun 9, 2006, at 2:16 PM, Jeff Tanner wrote:
>  Why else would anyone have been led to believe that a piano will  
> remain in tune at least 6 months, or longer?
>
Hey, it's better than "You only need to tune it after it gets moved."  
At least it gets tuned regularly.
>
> By far, the hardest question for me to answer is when that customer  
> asks, "so, how often should my piano be tuned?"
My best answer is "As often as it needs it." <G>
>
> Every answer will be wrong.
>
> Jeff
>
> P.S. The second hardest question to answer is "what time of year is  
> best to have my piano tuned?"  Around  here, everyone is always  
> waiting for the weather to settle.  It never does.
>
Amen.
> Jeff Tanner, RPT
> University of South Carolina
>
>
>

Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu