No. Certainly he talks about tuning the treble, but nothing that I'm aware of regarding elderly clients--and very few of Mr. Smith's clients will be senior to him! Despite my post about making a piano TOO nice for one lady, the rule is simple: Always do your best to make each piano sound its best, top to bottom. You can't make a Winter & Sons (shudder ... ) sound like a Burstenbubbledorfer but you can make it sound the best it's going to sound, if you follow that. Alan Barnard Salem, MO -----Original Message----- >From: pianotune05 <pianotune05 at comcast.net> >Sent: Mar 13, 2006 7:38 PM >To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> >Subject: Re: Treble tuning for elderly clients > >so what do you guys think? Does Virgil Smith cover this in his writings >concerning aural tuning? >Marshall >----- Original Message ----- >From: "J Patrick Draine" <draine at comcast.net> >To: "Alan Barnard" <tune4u at earthlink.net>; "Pianotech List" ><pianotech at ptg.org> >Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:30 PM >Subject: Re: Treble tuning for elderly clients > > >> >> On Mar 13, 2006, at 7:11 PM, Alan Barnard wrote: >> >>> Some times, we can be too smart by half. Maybe we shouldn't be >>> afraid to interview the clients more thoroughly as to their >>> preferences, what they hear, what bugs them, etc., rather than just >>> tuning the piano the way we like it. >> >> And insist on their having a hearing exam before agree to work on >> their piano?? >> >> Patrick >> _______________________________________________ >> Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Salem, Missouri
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