Lee, Would you please elaborate a little? I don't see how you can justifiably make such a statement unless you would also include half or more of the pianos out there. I have tuned a couple dozen Acrosonics and I don't find them any more difficult than the average. Then of course there are the differences between the old Acrosonic spinets and the later model consoles by the same name. How many have you tuned, and which are you talking about? Regarding Terry's comments below, I have concluded that most pianos will not drop in pitch much if they were ever tuned faithfully enough previously to truly stabilize. I have run into the same phenomenon. The vast majority of pianos I service have been getting at least annual tunings for years, and they are usually very close to where I left them a year earlier. Now if the owners would switch to six-month tunings, there would be a lot of humidity-related variation. Regards, Clyde Hollinger, RPT Lee Sankey wrote: > You can't tune a Baldwin Acrosonic. > From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> > > > FWIW, I tuned a Baldwin Acrosonic today for a new client. First time I > have seen the piano. It's one of those 40" or so spinets. She says she knows > for a fact that it had been at least 12 years since the last tuning - > because the last time was when she was in CA. Sounded pretty convicing that > she was sure of the timing. When I talked to her on the phone, I told her > that she could expect to also pay for a pitch raise. > > > > Darned if that thing wasn't just about right on the button on each note. > 95% of the notes were easily within 2 cents of target (Verituner). There > were only a half-dozen or so that were perhaps 4 cents off. Only the bottom > octave was a bit flat - up to 10 or 15 cents. > > > > Amazing.
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