Friends, This current conversation brings to mind something I've often wondered about. Sometimes when I arrive to give a piano its annual tuning the client will say, "It really needs it!" Then I find that none of the unisons or intervals sound bad at all. There are no real tone or regulation problems, either. So how can this client, who is far from professional, think the piano "really needs it" when it is quite close? I have several theories. (1) It sounded really bad six months ago when the humidity level threw it out of whack, and the client doesn't know that a piano can actually sound better as the humidity level approaches the level at which it was last tuned. (2) They are trying to justify in their own minds shelling out those bucks for the annual tuning. (3) They want to keep me on my toes. Has anyone else run into this? Any other theories? Regards, Clyde Hollinger, RPT Lititz, PA, USA Greg Newell wrote: > Sorry! I guess I glossed over the fine tune part. Still I have my doubts > whether that will hold a year. I suppose a lot depends on the environment > it's in. I've had pianos within 3-5 cents throughout after 5 years. Still > with a 100 cents raise and only one additional pass ..... seems unlikely.
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