I suggest tuning at regular intivals and raising it each time. This is a pitch raise and I inform them of that. This way, I will not have wasted my time getting it up to pitch. ----------- I'm curious as to why you do this and not raise the pitch to a=440. Is it a waste of time to perform a full pitch raise? I get the feeling of "good customers vs. bad customers" here. I also see this in my area. Some tuners will leave a healthy piano under pitch when it is obvious that the piano's pitch could be at a=440. ???????? ------------- And the >customer hopefully will see the benefit in regular servicing. Then they can >decide if they want to properly maintain it. >They are the masters of their own destiny. (cool) > >They'll do what they're gunna do. I've stopped trying to convince. I >explain the >situation, from there it is up to them. > -------------- Well said - I agree totally. ------------- >Just what IS tuning anyways, isn't it to make it sound acceptabe? >And acceptable to whom? One man's bread is another man's bird feed. ------------- We have now entered what could be a vast and very subjective topic. Personally, making the piano sound as good as it can possibly sound is how I get my kicks. That's why I'm in the business and my customers usually hear when I'm all done - "Nothin' like a freshly tuned piano." Jay Mercier Piano Technician / Music Educator Glenwood, MN jaymercier@hotmail.com http://www.minnewaska.com/spectrum.html ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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