Hello

[Mmeade1pno@aol.com]

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Thank myou for your unsightful comments on University work. For me, been 
there - done that. I'd like to add that no amount of work done in a shop to 
make someone else's piano better (practice room piano) cuts any with a 
disgruntled faculty member. Hoiwever, face time ( doing your "magic" while 
they watch) can alleviate compalaints, they see your skill and results, and 
can start to appreciate how time consuming some maintanence is, such as 
regulation and voicing.
As for tuning stability, this can get you worse than any rep spring or key 
level that is off. Half - aware pianists are convinced that the measure of a 
good piano tech is how long a tuning lasts. Any "reasons" sounds like self 
effacing excuses to these pianists. If you can, check in on these pianists 
rooms every week or two, fix the more obvious notes, and the impression will 
be that your tuning lasts much longer. These pianists don't hear the fine 
points of temperament, but they hear unisons in the fifth octave and octaves 
in the bass which slip before you can blink. If you can, get a humidity 
indicator which records the highs and lows. When told that a piano is itself 
a humidistat (absorbent membrane with a measuring device - soundboard and 
pitch), pianists can get an epiphany. 
Also, you get your "stability" tested! It is part of the RPT test, but it can 
be done independantly of the whole test with arrangement by a CTE. This 
provides a measure of "proof" that tuning stability is not a matter of your 
technique, but rather other causes. Whats more, it can be documented and 
independantly verified!

                                                  Michael Meade, RPT



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