> Do you folks tend to tune these "wild" pianos as best you can and move > forward or do you spend some time? Triage - look it over, determine it's present condition and your chances of realistically improving same, and don't unnecessarily waste time on lost causes. You can't resample a 320x200 image to 1280x1024 and get finer detail than you had originally. Resolution. You can't work to micrometer tolerances with a broadaxe, nor to broadaxe tolerances with explosives. Tolerance requirements. You can't make something less sour by adding sugar, nor less burnt with more jelly. Determination of problem. You can't enhance the luster of fecal material however energetically you buff. Physical limitations. You can't tell an adolescent (of any age) any damned thing. Accept the obvious, this time. You can't tune a Yugo to Nascar performance levels. Design limitation. And you can't tune a piano beyond the resolution of the "instrument". You have to try once in a while to validate calibration of the junk filter, but learn to take no for an answer and go find more yeses. When you have a sour low resolution piano that the owner doesn't dislike the sound of, put the crusade sword away before you fall on it, and accept the limitations of the situation. There are plenty more windmills awaiting. Some jobs, you have to wipe your feet on the way out... Ron N
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