Treble tuning for elderly clients

[pianotune05 at comcast.net]

Hi Alan,
I agree, make the piano sounds its best.  I tuned a baldwin grand on Friday, and it still didn't sound like a Yamaha, but for a Baldwin, it burst with tone and vigor.
Marshall

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From: Alan Barnard <tune4u at earthlink.net> 

> No. Certainly he talks about tuning the treble, but nothing that I'm aware of 
> regarding elderly clients--and very few of Mr. Smith's clients will be senior to 
> him! 
> 
> Despite my post about making a piano TOO nice for one lady, the rule is simple: 
> Always do your best to make each piano sound its best, top to bottom. You can't 
> make a Winter & Sons (shudder ... ) sound like a Burstenbubbledorfer but you can 
> make it sound the best it's going to sound, if you follow that. 
> 
> Alan Barnard 
> Salem, MO 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> >From: pianotune05 
> >Sent: Mar 13, 2006 7:38 PM 
> >To: Pianotech List 
> >Subject: Re: Treble tuning for elderly clients 
> > 
> >so what do you guys think? Does Virgil Smith cover this in his writings 
> >concerning aural tuning? 
> >Marshall 
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "J Patrick Draine" 
> >To: "Alan Barnard" ; "Pianotech List" 
> > 
> >Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:30 PM 
> >Subject: Re: Treble tuning for elderly clients 
> > 
> > 
> >> 
> >> On Mar 13, 2006, at 7:11 PM, Alan Barnard wrote: 
> >> 
> >>> Some times, we can be too smart by half. Maybe we shouldn't be 
> >>> afraid to interview the clients more thoroughly as to their 
> >>> preferences, what they hear, what bugs them, etc., rather than just 
> >>> tuning the piano the way we like it. 
> >> 
> >> And insist on their having a hearing exam before agree to work on 
> >> their piano?? 
> >> 
> >> Patrick 
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