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[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 6/29/00 10:24:15 PM Central Daylight Time, 
lesbart1@juno.com writes:

<< Not being a machine tuner, I don't really know how to convince someone
 that a pitch raise is necessary.  Also, some people say they can do a
 pitch raise, a second pass, and be done with it. Others say, NO- it takes
 three tunings, sometimes, more.  I'm confused..............
 les b >>

Without being able to show a customer how far off the piano is, the only 
thing you can do is the guilt trip on how long it was between tunings. 
(Personally I don't think 18 month is a long time, but then it all depends on 
what happened to the piano in the mean time). 

There has been a lot of talk about how many times through a piano for a pitch 
raise, or if it can be done in one appointment. I can do a pitch raise and 
tune a piano in one appointment It takes me about an hour, or a little 
longer. But, I do recommend another tuning in no more than 6 months. Now, how 
many tunings will it take before the piano is stable?  That will take at 
least three tunings, but over a period of 2 years.

Willem