While not having quite the same degree of ....shall I say zest about this view of Allens, it is one of the main reasons I sell 1.5 hour service time slots and not tunings. I too believe that just doing a tuning is not quite appropriate usually. Ok .... there are always exceptions... concerts where there is no time etc.... but usual home service visits get an hour and a half to do what I can for the instrument. JMVFWUH RicB Farrell wrote: > 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 -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
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