Good advice, Ron. Thanks >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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