Wim/Pitch raise experiment

[Robert Wilson]

> 
> Thanks, Joe, for calling me a "woose." (whatever
> that is). I guess it's a 
> compliment, since I know you wouldn't say anything
> derogatory about me :). 
> The truth is, however, I don't do pitch raises on
> 100 year old piano, because 
> of the possible problems it might occur, EXCEPT, if
> the customer is willing 
> to pay for any damage to the piano if I do raise the
> pitch. If a customer 
> asks me to raise pitch, then I will do it. And
> perhaps only one out of 10 or 
> 15 pianos have any thing happen to. But for the most
> part, customers who have 
> those older pianos usually don't have the money to
> spend on repairs. 
> Sometimes they don't even have enough money to pay
> for a tuning. So the last 
> think I want to do is create more problems than the
> customer wants, or is 
> willing to pay for. 
> 
> Wim 

Exactly, and what an awful patch-work mixture of new
and old strings you would end up with, going out of
tune at different rates and leaving the customer far
from satisfied.

Bob Wilson
London.



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