I'd suggest that I agree with both sentiments. Really, there is a difference between concert service, and home service. Note the use of the word "service," rather than tuning. In my world, concert service is at a premium because more is expected - more in terms of the details of the tuning, and the details of the regulation. Think of the instrument that must be tuned after rehearsal when it was just tuned before rehearsal. Home pianos don't often get tuned twice in the same day - it's a different standard. And, to quote the Kent Swafford from the Journal some time back, "every tuning a concert tuning." We always do the best we can with what we have, within our set limitations. I know there are variables to every situation (remind ourselves of David's set of three variables here), but often we can devote more time to tuning the performance instrument, or touching up the regulation. Most of my home appointments are an hour and a half then I must move on to the next one. If something didn't get done, we make another appointment. No problem. Most performance situations don't allow for a follow up appointment. We are expected to make it work now. Higher expectations. It doesn't mean we don't always do our best. One other consideration is that we as PTG members have agreed to always keep the best interests of our clients in mind. Many of our home clients are not best served by nitpicking the tuning to the finest degree. Only my opinion. William R. Monroe On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:08 AM, John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca> wrote: > *Then why is there a differential in the price charged?* > *Normally, I find that a concert instrument requires more time, because > there seems to be 'more' to be heard, allowing a person to be more precise. > * > *Lesser quality instruments, just don't warrant the extra time, since > there is no gain.* > *Just my take.* > *John Ross,* > *Windsor, Nova Scotia.* > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> > I don't like the assumption that in-home tunings are somehow inferior to > concert tunings. > > OK, maybe I don't pound *quite* as hard for a "regular" tuning, but my > mentors always taught me to do the best job I can, even for normal average > every-day tunings. > > One reason is this: How will you be prepared to accomplish a concert tuning > if you haven't been practicing it all along? If you get the opportunity to > work for an artist who really CAN hear, how will you be able to sock it in, > if you haven't been practicing the skill?? > SNIP > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090805/443fe004/attachment-0001.htm>
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