Scott, This is a good reminder. When examining a "flat" piano for the first time, one of the questions I ask is whether or not it will be played with anything else. Of course I recommend the piano be raised to pitch before tuning unless it looks like an old beater where caution is in order, but I still give the client the option of just tuning it at a lower pitch to save a few bucks. No doubt some of us will see that as too compromising, but it's their piano and their money, and for some of them the money is in short supply. (Hope I didn't open a can of worms here.) Incidentally, today I tuned for a first-time customer who said the piano was tuned a year or two ago, and it really looked like she was right! Not the ordinary occurrence. Regards, Clyde Scott Jackson wrote: > Watch out for people using playalong disks. This is more common now, as publishers such as 'Alfreds' have CDs to go with their beginners courses. Even 'little Debbie' will know the pitch of the piano is wrong as she tries to play with the CD.
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