You know the pianos are out of tune when...

[Brad Lehman]

John Ross wrote:
> *I have had a customer tell me, that now they had a new piano, the free 
> store tuning, was the last one they would need for a while. *
> *They said their old one, was always going out of tune, and that was why 
> they bought a new piano.*
> *When I pointed out to them, that the new piano would need more frequent 
> tuning for the first couple of years, they got mad at me.*
> *They never called me back, and that was 20 years ago.*

They probably didn't realize that they need to pay their phone bill 
freshly *every* month for the phone to work.  Therefore, they didn't 
call you because they couldn't; and they didn't drive to see you because 
they didn't realize their car needs to be gassed up and serviced regularly.

I can't understand why people accept grossly wobbly/twangy unisons on 
their pianos, for months, before realizing "the piano's out of tune". 
What is it in music education (or lack of) that makes foggy pitch 
acceptable?  Or way-out octaves?


Brad Lehman