Allen Birchler - hey down there in New Zealand! http://www.pianoservices.co.nz/ "The unethical pratice of just pulling the strings into tune has lead to many pianos being badly out of regulation. Your tuner should be sacked if they don't work on touch and tone at EACH tuning visit." Pretty strong statement. How would tuning a piano lead to it falling badly out of regulation, and why would that be unethical? I should think I would raise an eyebrow or two on the face of Mrs. Baldwinacrosonic if I tried to sell her a regulation and voicing job at each visit - of course, now that I think of it, the visits would likely be 10 or so years apart - but what about the ones that actually tune at least once a year? Terry Farrell
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