How Soon to Tune?

[Elian Degen J.]

Hello list.

I personally recommend two weeks time for the piano to settle with the
climate, humidity of the place and to be on the safe side.

I have been able to detect changes in the regulation up to 10 days after a
moving, all depends on how different the climate is.  Four extra day will
only assure you it is already settled.

I always offer the service (to my customers) to check and follow up their
recently acquired instrument (new or second hand) When the moving nearby or
where climate is similar, in three or four days you notice it settled, when
it was moved from a dry place to a humid place or viceversa, from a valley
to the mountain or to seaside, it can go up to 10 days

my two cents worth

Elian



----- Original Message -----
From: Jeannie Grassi <jgrassi@silverlink.net>
To: 'Pianotech' <pianotech-digest@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 3:22 PM
Subject: How Soon to Tune?


> Dear List,
> This came through the mail.   Any and all of your comments are
> welcome.  However, response to this question does not necessarily mean
> we will print it, but it may stimulate a good discussion.
> Thanks,
> Jeannie
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>  Most piano stores provide a free home tuning with piano sales.
> Usually, they have a cadre of technicians and assign these tunings
> with
> "Service Bonds" to one of their crew. The manager at one store
> instructed technicians to contact customers within ten days of the
> delivery date posted on the service bond. I did this consistently.
> Many
> times, the customer would explain that their sales person instructed
> them to wait for periods of weeks before having the piano tuned in
> order
> that the instrument become properly acclimated to its new
> surroundings.
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>         I have discussed this waiting period with a number of other
> technicians and store salesmen and there appears to be a serious
> debate
> about the issue. I'd be interested in views of some informed parties.
> My
> own personal bias is that anything more than 72 hours would be
> unnecessary. But I'm willing to learn.
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>         Could you run that up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes?
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>                                         Mark Stern
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> Jeannie Grassi, RPT
> Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal
> mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net
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