[pianotech] frustrated

[Ron Nossaman]

On 1/11/2013 9:05 AM, Leslie Bartlett wrote:
> Do any besides me have pianos which take 4-5 hours to tune, and if so
> how do you bill for them.

Nope. There's no way I'd waste that much time on a non functional piano. 
Something either needs to be done to make it tunable, or an agreement 
needs to be reached to either accept reasonable results for a reasonable 
attempt, or to pay for a day's work at an unreasonable attempt.


> I have a Kawai KG2 (which I’m tuning for a serious concert)
> which I simply can’t get stable. Not that I get it set and then a whole
> section will go out, but I just can’t get it to go and stay where it
> should.

Elaborate please. Does the string not move (change pitch) with hammer 
movement? Does the pitch change after the hammer is removed, or with a 
blow?

Ron N