Aural tuning- 300 cents flat

[David Ilvedson]

Hopefully you vacuumed out the piano?

David Ilvedson



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From: Alan <tune4u@earthlink.net>
To: <mags@magsmusic.net>, 'Pianotech' <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:47:42 -0600
Subject: RE: Aural tuning- 300 cents flat


>Ah, the MIRACLE of ultra-thin CA.

>I mostly tune Crappiolas for a living, here in the Ozarks, and have only a
>very few really nice pianos on my customer list. I just this morning saw a
>1951 Everett console for the first time. Not bad. Thayer action. Hadn't been
>tuned in 10+ years. Cobwebs and dust an inch thick, or so it seemed. But the
>bridges and soundboard had no cracks (yea!) and the block is good except,
>for some reason, in the low bass. Pitch raise, fast tune, fine tune. Charged
>accordingly. Made friends with mom, pop, and two cute little kids. Spent
>considerable time educating them. Mom's last words: "See you in six months."

>Goal: An increasingly long list of REGULAR tunings on DECENT (if not great)
>pianos and customers who become friends and tell their friends about me.

>Life is good. Old POC PSO's need love, too. Wish I'd known about CA about
>three years back -- before I "condemned" an absolutely gorgeous 1890
>American upright, mighta been a Crown. I think it's a desk now. Ouch.

>Alan R. Barnard
>Salem, MO


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