Ted, I think the thing to remember here is that this isn't a matter of how well you tune but rather how well you deal with people. There are countless ways to approach this but how you approach her will determine how she responds. The work is the same but the human relations could mean the difference between whether she tells all of her friends to use you or not use you. You might compliment her on her hearing. She is hearing poor tone, not poor tuning. You might *ghost* out 2 or 3 partials and let her pick which one she likes the best, thus giving her a *custom tuning*. You can do this by asking her how she likes her octaves stretched. I would be careful of explaing the poor tone. This could turn into a can of worms depending on how *on the ball* she is. I would suggest reading through the other posts, decide which ones fit her personality the best and go with it. Ron
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