Farrell wrote: > The folks that just bought that 1968 Story & Clark console that was last tuned in 1983 and is 80 cents flat isn't going to have a hemorrhage if a few notes drift here and there over time after doing a big pitch raise and a tuning in one day. Conclusion: in most cases, any size pitch raise followed up with tuning on the same day is just fine for most folks. > Point is Terry... this is where we get into those value judgements we are all going to have our own opinions on. I dont personally operate on the assumption that this or that kind of customer requires this or that much of my skills or this or that much from their piano to begin with. I mean... really... we could just as well say that "Conclusion.. in most cases putting a 20 minute <<slop it in>> tuning on any piano is just fine with most folks". And we would be correct in saying so. Fact is its true. My take on this is that pianos with 100 cents + pitch raises are more stable if the fine tuning is done a few days later. I cant prove that, but my experience has taught me that its true more often then not. Customers dont notice a lot of what we do or dont, and we all know we can leave many pianos in very a bad tuning condition and get away with it most of the time... but we dont because what the customer is cabable of noticing is not really the issue here. The question of whether or not severe pitch raises should be taken in one or in two sittings has nothing to do with a customers ability to appreciate our efforts... or whether any evt. difference in stability is something they will << notice >> per se. It has only to do with whether there is a significant difference in that stability or not. Thats why I expressed interest when somebody mentioned that Sanderson had done a formal study on the matter. That would be worth reading, and putting into perspective my own experiences. The value judgement stuff is up to each and every one of us as individuals and no doubt will vary from person to person. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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