The "NeverTune Piano"

[Phil Bondi]

Clyde Hollinger said:

> 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.
>
The best example I can add to this thread is a Baldwin Acro that had not been
tuned in 17 years and recently moved down here to SW Fla. I advised the customer
that it may require...........

when I got there, not only was it realclose, but A4 was right on! As someone said
earlier, I suggested to the customer that the piano at one time received the
proper maintenance schedule, especially in the first year or 2. She assured me
that it had, since she's owned the piano since day 1...a late 50's Acro.

As I was leaving, as I always do, I suggest that we tune the piano once a year as
a minimum..she suggested to me to feel free to call her, but she didn't think
that it would need another tuning for awhile.

For as often as she plays it, she may be right.

Got to love those Baldwin pinblocks (opening up another can of worms, I'm
sure!)..

Rook