advice??

[Edward Carwithen]

I did not tune the piano to its previously sharp condition... That is how I
found it.  It was 47+ cents sharp, not 100. I must have mis-written.

At 12:16 AM 12/20/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi, Ed.
>
>An addendum to my earlier post on this subject. I assumed that you
>HAD tuned that old Hallet and Davis and had left it 100 cents sharp.
>If that's true, then my advice to lower its pitch back down to
>A-435 at the first opportunity stands. HOWEVER, if you did NOT tune
>the piano, or if you ever again walk in on a 112  year old piano in
>original, unrestored condition which is 150 cents sharp; shows evidence  
>that numerous strings have broken for previous tuners and have been
>replaced; and exhibits soundboard and bridge problems to boot, my advice
>would be to refuse attempt to service the piano at all and just walk away. 
>On second thought, RUN! Such a piano is a technician's nightmare just
>waiting to come true. 
>
>Les Smith
>lessmith2buffnet.net
>
>
Ed Carwithen
Oregon