Last Thursday I had two tuning appointments. I serviced a BAD 100 year old Kimball grand. The lady wanted it tuned, but it also needed keys and dampers fixed just so that I could tune the darn thing. Four and a half hours later it was tuned. Then I went to tune a NEW Baldwin Hamilton. Flat, had to align many hammers because they were not hitting the strings, some hammers loose from shanks, keys not level, etc. Three hours later tuned. I made $380 that day. Yesterday I had two tuning appointments. I had tuned both within the last year (newer Yamaha grand and an as-good-as-it-gets Kimball grand). Both within 4 cents of A440. Two pass tunings. Four and a half hours later (drive, tune, drive, tune, etc.) I had $150. I take back everything I have said about junk pianos. I LOVE THEM!!!! Terry Farrell
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