---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 4/19/03 10:40:51 AM Central Daylight Time, ssclabr8@flash.net writes: > 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 > If it's a swing of only 10 cents, more likely than not, you might have tuned the piano on a "bad" day. Had you come when it was a little colder, or a little warmer, it might have been on pitch. I always to A440. There are some out there that float pitch. If you come only twice a year, I would go for tuning it up to pitch. It is not going to take that much more effort on your part. Wim ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c5/36/e0/f7/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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