Hi list, I currently go to a college where many students (that includes me) don't like the tuner of our school. Last week I discussed with him about the Steinway D I was to perform on that night. I pointed out some problem like rattling low D and its surrounding notes (maybe a crack in the bass bridge? He claimed that _all_ of the base notes were supposed to do that. I was shocked...), some notes that really needed to be voiced (I specifically told him what notes they were!), and, needless to say, some tuning. Just before the concert, I went to check to piano and nothing had corrected except notes were set to unison (however, stability was not that great). When I played the highest E to the conductor, he instantly knew the note was flat! (actually two highest E's were flat and the unison didn't stay) E's were important because I was playing Grieg Concerto in A minor, and E is both in A minor tonic chord and its dominant chord, E major. (this has nothing to do with well temperament, it was oringinally tuned (I don't know how long ago) in e. temperament.) I complained that to my piano teacher (he's the chairman of the piano department) the next day but he didn't say anything. What should I do about this? Or there's nothing I can do about it because the tuner has a lifetime job? By the way, he was nowhere to be found before and during the concert. (I wish I had my hammer handy...) Kuang Wang
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