>I know we've rehashed this before, but it just isn't true that it takes >more than one tuning to get a piano from A441 to A440. I do it almost >every day, often in concert situations, and so do most people on this >list, I would guess. > >In a friendly, respectful tone (really), >Mark Graham Fie on friendly! Hey, I've just composed a bumper sticker for sociopaths. %-) Just send in $1200.00 with an abusive note and yours will be shipped to you when I'm good and ready. (The scary thing is, there are situations where this would fly.) Truely though, I doubt that I tune a dozen pianos a year that were within two cycles of 440 when I started, and a heck of a lot more that are over five, in one pass. Anyone that can't do this in normal field work is wearing ear plugs with too high a decible attenuation rating. Concert work is (barely) more critical, but at $100 per cps, I should have retired rich years ago. I think it's more a matter of charging what you can sell, than being able to justify what you can charge. You can only split a hair so fine. JMHO Ron
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