This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello Everyone, I have a client and I service their very old beat-up grand, which they = got for free. The piano isn't all that stable but still can hold tune = reasonably well. =20 The owners claim they can't even tell when it's out of tune and that = they have a friend that plays it and tells them when it's time to call = the tuner. =20 Whenever I usually get to the piano, it's usually out by 10 cents or so = (I tune it once in the summer and once in the winter). I'm thinking of = just floating the pitch at wherever the "A" happens to be. That would = save me the trouble of pitch raising and adding instability to the = instrument (since it is so old and not in great shape). What are the thoughts on this? Am I, as a piano technician, not = servicing the customer properly if I don't always tune to A-440? Is it = wrong to "cut corners" in this case even though the client would be = oblivious to it all? Thanks, Corte Swearingen ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/29/f1/12/39/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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