Friends, When I come across this situation (and they're not all Gulbransens) I assume there was a period of time in the piano's history during which it received at least annual tunings for 5-10 years. I have this question. If I find a piano remarkably close to pitch which hasn't been tuned for ten years, do I touch up the tuning and then say "see you again in _another_ ten years"? More frequent tuning doesn't seem to make sense to the owner in some of these situations, but I can't make myself recommend they leave it go that long, even if it is rarely used. Clyde Hollinger Glenn wrote: > > Hi Y'all. > > In my limited experience I've run across 3 pianos that the owners > SWEAR have not been tuned for a large number of years. In all three > cases they claim double digits (at least 10 years since last tuning). > > In all three cases, with this particular brand only, the pianos did > not require a pitch raise! Before going to each job, I gave the > owners the pitch raise "schpeel" only to check to find the pianos > either 4 cents low or even high! Of course they sounded terrible but > the overall pitch averaged out and they needed only one pass. What > brand was this? Gulbrasen. Two consoles and a spinet.
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