Is my memory going?

[Dave Nereson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 5:49 AM
Subject: Is my memory going?


 > I feel in some cases, calling people and doing there    [THEIR ! ]
piano, on a frequent
> basis, is unethical. Now I am talking of the little old lady, on a fixed
> income, that only plays for her own enjoyment.  Not a situation, where a
> child is taking lessons, or a serious player.
>
> After a piano is stabilized, I see nothing wrong, with every 3 or 4 years,
> for a tuning.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Regards
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca


    I agree.  Many older pianos have "settled in" and their strings aren't
stretching any more and some stay up to pitch for 5 years or more.  These
are rare, but they're out there.  If the owner doesn't play that much and
can tolerate some mild out-of-tuneness, why charge them $75 (or whatever)
every year just to touch up a few unisons?  I will add, however, that pianos
that hold this well are maybe only 2%, if that, of all the pianos in my
clientele.  --David Nereson, RPT