World's Worst Tuner

[JCSwafford@aol.com]

I totally agree with Jim Coleman, Sr . You may not
want to take the time to fine tune the piano after the pitch raise
though, assuming on old pianos the strings won't break excessively,
the tuning pins will hold the extra tension of the strings and the
bridge won't split open so much more that pure string vibrations
can't get through the bridges (mainly bass) to the soundboard. The
customer may not appreciate the extra work involved with the job. The
customer will not appreciate the work if you can do a good job of
pitch raising and fine tuning in an hours time. A good technician can
make a relatively difficult job seem easy. And it is to some of us.
But, since it is not so easy for many technicians, and many
technicians will not even attempt a pitch raise all at once, to be
competitive the good technician might pitch raise the piano and say
to the customer he will return to fine tune the piano after it has
adjusted to the higher tension (which in many cases is not necessary)
so he can more easily be appreciated for the extra work and the
customer will feel more at ease with the extra expense.

Joel Swafford

PS Life is not fair.