Respectfully disagree. Anything you find in a piano that constitutes service history is potentially helpful. I find nothing egocentric about extrapolating from the last half dozen tuning dates to diagnose stability problems, especially when the tunings weren't done by me. I'll routinely log the date, temperature, and humidity on the keys... in INK, with each tuning. I leave the last fourteen tuners' cards right where they are under the lid or music rack, and add my own. Having a service baseline beats all flaming you know what out of random guessing as to why the tuning is, or isn't, stable. If someone else is called to tune the piano next time, I have done him/her the courtesy of leaving them potentially valuable information concerning service history. No extra charge. I'll take records over guesswork any day. Ron >Maxpiano@aol.com wrote: >> I've been seeing penciled date and initials on piano plates ever since I >> began tuning in the '50's. > >This is an old, rather egocentric, tradition that is only valid in an >institutional setting where several technicians are responsible for a >large number of pianos. They can check to see who did what and when. >In a home setting, it rarely serves a useful purpose. > >Carl > > > Ron
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