lessons learned

[Ron Nossaman]

>Must be a Canadian thing.
>
>Good-naturedly, respectfully, I disagree. A very rusty old piano, as
>described, I would tune flat if I thought strings were going to be
>snapping left and right. (Notice I did not use the word "flat" in
>describing it to the customer.)

Or maybe a math thing. The difference in string tension at A-4 between 435 
and 440 is about 4 pounds. If the string won't take another four pounds, 
I'd say it's probably too dangerous to tune it at all.

Ron N