In a message dated 98-01-26 01:31:27 EST, you write: << It wasn't fun lowering these pianos, especially the Kawai KG-2. I felt like I was committing a mortal sin. It won't hurt the pianos and sooner or later I'll back over there pulling them back to A-440. When I saw Robert Gooddale's post I wondered if the circumstances were the same. Robert did not say why he was asked to tune low. Sy Zabrocki--RPT >> While I always maintain that we must service customers to their desires to make them happy, I must insist that to do the job right, it must be tuned right. Leaving the pitch lower than A-440 is detrimental to what is heard today, and as one grows up, his ear is hearing A-440. A church once told me "it's just a Sunday School piano, and does not need tuning." Really? If kids are singing Sunday School songs, they are training their ear to hear music at A-440. Why must we hinder their education by tuning less than A-440. That kid may end up being the next Van Cliburn. If a customer calls and wants it tuned lower, that is where I draw the line and refuse the job. I have plently of customers who want me to do it right. Another job will not break the bank for me. Food for thought. Dave Peake, RPT Portland, OR
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