I agree. And a lot of the "tooners" around here have "tooned" pianos that were rock-solid and had tight pins to their extant pitch. Lazy, I calls it! BUT if a piano is WAY below pitch, pulling it up CAN produce a lot of nasty ringing in the treble, due to misplaced kinks in the wire from where they long rested against the bridge poins. had one today like that. Thump --- Terry <terry@farrellpiano.com> wrote: > I also service mostly older pianos. I leave maybe > one or two a year below A440 (rusty, breaking > strings, little old lady w/ no money, etc.). Why > would "whats in front of me" pose a barrier to > tuning at A440? Ya puts yer lever on the tuning pin > in front of you and you crank it! > > Terry Farrell > > Wether a piano gets the 440 treatment depends on > what its used for and the client. I don"t know about > you listers...but not all my pianos I service are > new, and have already been neglected for years. I > can only do what I can with whats in front of me. I > don't consider myself a "tooner" because of it. > > Alpha88x@aol.com wrote: > Greetings, > > Is one way of doing business for > some tuners to just tune the piano "where it is"? In > other words, they check the A and if its close > enough (or even if its not close to 440 ) just tune > the piano so that it is in tune with itself??? > > And even going further, If they have > a regular client, such as a church, to do the above > mentioned thing, cleaning up unisons (so as to do a > "bang-up" tuning) and then, on every 4th tuning or > so pull it back up to A440 or alittle above, so they > are set up to repeat the whole process, thereby > saving themselves some time on intermittent tunings, > yet leaving the customer believing that they are > receiving an A440 ! tuning each and every > time...when they aren't receiving a true tuning (as > far as proper pitch goes) each and every time?? > > Not that I would do such a thing in > my practice. I do not condone it either. I think it > is dishonest. My question is do some tooners do > this?? is it possible? > > > Julia > Reading, PA > > > > Richard > the "Piano Guy" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
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