too picky about tuning

[Richard Brekne]

Hi David

Hard to judge these things from afar to be sure. That said... depending 
on the piano, its climate and the usage level an instrument can hold a 
quite nice tuning for quite a stretch... sometimes well into a two month 
period. What does the  <<quite nice tuning>> mentioned above actually 
mean ??  Good enough for most any concert situation by just about any 
pianist. Misunderstand me correctly... this is not to say the tuning 
could not be tweaked and sweetened... even more then just a smidgen. But 
it does mean that octaves, temperament and unisons should be more then 
acceptable.

Qualifiers !!.... very stable climate, very good piano, and a darned 
accomplished piano technician... and last but not least... reasonable 
low usage levels.

All this said... I run into the kind of customer you mentioned on rare 
occasion as well.  We all do I suppose. What can you do ?... Fool me 
once .... etc.  I go out of my way to meet a customers need... but go 
out of my way to make sure that when a customer is trying to misuse me 
it becomes very quickly obvious to both that this is the case.

Cheers
RicB