[pianotech] DIY tuning

[Porritt, David]

Not too often, but you do get the occasional do-it-yourselfer who thinks it looks easy.  The one I enjoyed the most was a lady who said her husband claimed to have a good ear so he bought the tools.  He spent 8 hours one Saturday and never could set a temperament.  At the end of the day he told his wife to call the ---- tuner.  She seemed to be amused by it!

dp

David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of paul bruesch
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 9:16 AM
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Subject: [pianotech] DIY tuning

Going to tune a spinet tomorrow.

Customer says it has "one wire broken, A below middle C..."

Chatted a bit more, then she says "I tried to tune it myself."

Me: "Is that how the string broke?"

Her: "Yes. It didn't look that hard, but I guess it is. I got the tool from my son." (Well good, I was imagining her using a 6" Crescent!)

So I'm curious... how often has anyone come across this? It's a first for me in my not-so-many years of tuning.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN
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