Yup. I tuned a very pleasant 1957 Baldwin M the other day. Original owner. Piano all original. Lovely even tone. No killer octave. Maybe two notes in the high treble had something less that perfectly clear beatless strings - except for those two, all notes could be tuned perfectly beatless. It was very satisfying. I spent a long time tuning that piano - but only because I could tell that anything less that near-perfect was due to me - so I went for it. Fun. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 11:15 AM Subject: Re: unexpected fun, sometimes > > >Sometimes its the piano, and sometimes its the customer. Some of my most > >memorable service appointments have been to go to a lower-income home with > >the little spinet that has not been tuned in 20+ years. Often the owner > >plays for the church choir or some such. After pitch raising 150 cents and > >tuning it sounds OK. The lady sits down to play it and either starts > >crying or laughing or both........."Oh glory! I never knew it could sound > >like that!" etc., etc. > > > >Those give me a good 24-hour smile! > > > >Terry Farrell > > > Absolutely. Then you go to the next one, which is a 5 year old grand with > the second worst killer octave and wildest treble on the planet, and do the > "why can't you make a fine grand that's this expensive and no older than > this sound any better?" conversation. > > It sort of evens out. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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