Tuning in where it is

[Billbrpt@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 1/11/00 6:13:04 AM Pacific Standard Time, ilvey@jps.net 
(David ilvedson) writes:

<< Apparently those of the "one pass" use their SATs or RCTs in 
 a pitch raise mode which, so I've heard, leaves the piano in 
 decent shape when done. >>

<<"Acceptable" is one of those relative type concepts Keith. While you and I
might not find Frans "one pass" change of 10 15 cents to sound acceptable, I
doubt either of us would be suprised to find most piano owners perfectly happy
with the result.

If we were to use the judgement of 85 to 90 % of the public out there as a
basis for what is an acceptable tuning or not ... grin... boy could we get 
away
with alot.

Richard Brekne>>

I always use the pitch raise calculation method but still virtually never 
find the piano acceptable after just one pass.  To me, the pattern must hold 
steady on every note or it is wrong.  Maintaining such high standards as a 
rule provides for a high quality service that customers recognize as being 
quite a cut above all the rest.  They may not know my tuning sound better and 
last longer than most of the others but they like what they hear.  I often do 
get the comment that what I did "last time" sounded so much better and lasted 
so much longer than was the case with any other tuner.  It is just good 
business.

I also know that when a piano is in very poor shape, it I can only do so much 
in a reasonable time. That is when I must count on the barely passable as 
being adequate but this is a compromise I rarely make and do so reluctantly.

Bill Bremmer RPT
Madison, Wisconsin