In a message dated 98-04-09 16:12:50 EDT, you write: << I forgot to mention that in the middle of the saga of the two Steinway D's tuned a quarter step apart, I got a message saying the pianos were "too in tune". Now, is that something to go on the resume or what? I feel like I've spent my whole career working toward that reaction. I also have to say that, although I would deny having perfect pitch, tuning a piano a quarter step flat irritated me to no end. Almost as bad as hearing a pipe organ get tuned. Mark Graham Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music Berea, Ohio >> Years ago a fellow technician told me when he was an apprentice, he tuned for a customer and spent hours to get it where he wanted it. The customer was not happy and wanted him to retune it. It turned out the customer was used to a honky tonk sound, so he tuned the unisons slitley off, and a happy customer in the end. I will not tune any piano flat when it is desined for A440. Sometimes I am asked to to at A442, especially for conserts, and when I do it, I charge for 2 pitch changes, one to pitch raise, and the other to pitch lower when the next group wants it down to A440. Food for thought. Dave Peake, RPT Portland, OR
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