<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Run of the mill tuning, usually faster = -- the ship rises with the tide, no matter the size of the anchor, or = where they built the A-440 dock.  Critical stuff takes time, but a good = tuning & then short, frequent checks to knock off the high spots will = save you time in the long run.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Piano Technician<BR>University of Idaho<BR>208-885-7918</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net = href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David Ilvedson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 28, = 2002 10:49 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Floating = pitch</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P align=left><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT = size=2>Wim,</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you are going to change = the pitch any real amount...3 cents or more...you really need to go through the = piano twice.  Do you?  If you are bringing the piano to pitch in = one shot and pleased with yourself that your keeping it at pitch, I wouldn't = bet on the stability...I definitely float the pitch up to 4 cents either direction. </FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>That being said, do any of = you CAUT techs find you can get more accomplished by quicker/speed tunings more = often or careful tunings less often?</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>David I.</FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P> <P align=left><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT = size=2></FONT></FONT> </P> <P align=left><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>----- = Original message ----------------------------------------><BR>From: <<A href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A>><BR>To: = <<A href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>><BR>Received: Wed, 28 = Aug 2002 16:44:40 EDT<BR>Subject: Re: Floating pitch</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=left><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2><BR>In a = message dated 8/28/02 2:17:31 PM Central Daylight Time, kswafford@earthlink.net = writes: <BR><BR><BR></P> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE" DEFANGED_STYLE="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: = #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Here David has finally tried a technique that results in measurably = better, <BR>more stable tunings, and you, just in your 2nd year as a CAUT, = try to <BR>introduce doubts. Shame on you, Wim. Pitch floating makes sense; = hold out as <BR>long as you like, but you're going to like it when you = finally try it!  :) <BR><BR>Congratulations, David. Hang in there. = <BR><BR>Kent Swafford <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Kent <BR><BR>It's not in my 1 = + years as a CAUT that I have had this philosophy. I have always maintained that = pianos should be tuned to the correct pitch. In my opinion, that is what we = are paid to do. I know it's more work, but I'm sorry you guys, I just can't j<BR><BR>Isn't that what we spent a lot of time discussing last = spring, how much our workload is effected by humidity controls, (or rather the = lack of it). If we maintain that poor humidity and temperature control is = effecting how much work we do, and then com<BR><BR>Now, I realize that for those = of you who get paid a set fee by the piano, you want to get through as = quickly as possible. Otherwise, as David pointed out, he winds up doing more work = for less pay. I don't know the answer for that, other than = negotiate<BR><BR>As usual, I am probably all alone with this thinking. But that's my = story, and I'm sticking to it.  :) <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>