What would you do?

SUSAN P SWEARINGEN ssclabr8@flash.net
Sat, 19 Apr 2003 10:40:16 -0500


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Hello Everyone,

I have a client and I service their very old beat-up grand, which they =
got for free.  The piano isn't all that stable but still can hold tune =
reasonably well. =20

The owners claim they can't even tell when it's out of tune and that =
they have a friend that plays it and tells them when it's time to call =
the tuner. =20

Whenever I usually get to the piano, it's usually out by 10 cents or so =
(I tune it once in the summer and once in the winter).  I'm thinking of =
just floating the pitch at wherever the "A" happens to be.  That would =
save me the trouble of pitch raising and adding instability to the =
instrument (since it is so old and not in great shape).

What are the thoughts on this?  Am I, as a piano technician, not =
servicing the customer properly if I don't always tune to A-440?  Is it =
wrong to "cut corners" in this case even though the client would be =
oblivious to it all?

Thanks,
Corte Swearingen
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