OOps! So sorry. You did point that out. I stand corrected. :-) Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 9:15 PM Subject: Re: Pitch Raise Fee Structure > >From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> > > >You would pitch raise a rusty 1948 Acrosonic spinet that was 220 cents flat > >for 1/2 your tuning fee? You would be looking at three or more passes > >before > >you were ready to tune! > > Terry, > > You must've not read my post completely...look again and you will notice > that I stated: "in most cases" below. Of couse there are ALWAYS exceptions, > like the acrosonic you mentioned, and i've encountered a few that were ULTRA > flat, but very rarely. When/if i do, I always recommend at least TWO PR's or > even 3, to help prevent/minimize string breakage, and increase stability. > > > >>That means no matter how flat the piano is, in most > cases, the aforementioned applies. I usually never have to do more than > one PR to get it into the "ballpark".<< > > > > Terry Peterson > > > Associate Member PTG > > > Los Angeles, CA > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > >
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