In a message dated 8/28/2000 4:12:31 AM, Doug wrote: <<"it leaves alot of run for guess work in what the customer expects, has been told, and general mis/info she knows about her piano.">> Yeah, ain't that the truth! <<"At the request of rebuilder, I was called the first time about 7 months ago to appraise the situation and tune it.">> This certainly speaks well for the "rebuilder", on the surface at least. <<"The piano at that time had been tuned four or five times after the rebuild job.">> Because of the way you worded this I can't tell for sure just how many times this thingee has been 'tuned'.................. When a restringing job leaves the shop it has been chipped twice, rubbed twice (gently), tuned from 10 to 14 times, .......dang I LOVE the SAT for this!!! :-)............ terminations straightened, bridge pin terminations pushed down, coils lifted and tightened...........and I still tell my customers that it will take 'at least' twelve months for the tuning to "settle" down. This is just what I do and others may have differing mileage figures. Jim Bryant (FL)
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