Don, good for you. I too always raise to A440 in one tuning, unless there is so much rust that string breakage might be a problem, then i discuss it with the customer and if A440 is prefered, lubricate where the strings conrtact the pressure bar or upper bridge and proceed. If more than one string breaks I back off to a half step flat as agreed before hand. Seldom have that problem. Been doing it that way for over 30 years, and since I know it presents no problems for 90+% of the customers it would be unfair for me to charge for more tunings. I do charge half again my regular fee for major pitch raises. The only time I tune twice is if the piano is to be used for a concert, like sometimes a church piano that has been neglected. If I can I will tune the day before the concert then again on concert day. Just depends. Travis Gordy, RPT ---------- > From: Don <drose@dlcwest.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re:Highest pitch correction > Date: Saturday, December 20, 1997 1:02 PM > > Hi all, > > My *record* pitch correction was 565 cents. > > This years *winner* was 450 cents. > > The *grand* category had a new *low* this year of 270 cents. > > All of these instruments were tuned to A440 with a 25 cent over pull on the > first pass (except for the bass where I chose zero over pull). None of them > broke a single string. > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > "Tuner for the Centre of the Arts" > drose@dlcwest.com > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >
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