How Soon to Tune?

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In a message dated 9/20/1999 3:42:28 PM, jgrassi@silverlink.net writes:

<< My own personal bias is that anything more than 72 hours would be
unnecessary. But I'm willing to learn.
Mark Stern >>


Mark; 
  In this case I believe that the sales persons are correct. The tuning on 
any piano which is moved from one location to another will change, sometimes 
subtley, sometimes radically, during the first two to three weeks after the 
move. As well the regulation can possibly change, clicks show up, etc..   The 
difference in environment, i.e., temp/humidity, will change the tuning on any 
instrument and it takes at least two weeks to fully aclimate to a new 
location.  For this reason I will not tune any piano that has not been 
sitting in a given location for at least two weeks and I prefer to wait for 
three weeks...this does not apply to performance pianos  used in a venue 
where they have just arrived and will be leaving tomorrow.

  Having done store/free service tunings for many years, and judging the 
effects of the move on newly purchased instruments over those years, I am of 
the opinion, bias if you will, that any tuning done during the first week 
after the move is essentially wasted.  Of course on some of the pianos, and 
for some customers, this will not make a difference since when you do the 
'free' tuning it probably will be the last time it "needs" to be done for at 
least ten years :-)
Jim Bryant (FL)