<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> <FONT= size=2>Wim, 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.  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? David I.       <FONT= size=2>  -----= Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: <<A= href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A>> To:= <<A= href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>> Received:= Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:44:40 EDT Subject: Re: Floating= pitch In a= message dated 8/28/02 2:17:31 PM Central Daylight Time,= kswafford@earthlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;= BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"= TYPE="CITE">Here David has finally tried a technique that= results in measurably better, more stable tunings, and you,= just in your 2nd year as a CAUT, try to introduce doubts.= Shame on you, Wim. Pitch floating makes sense; hold out as= long as you like, but you're going to like it when you= finally try it!  :) Congratulations, David. Hang in= there. Kent Swafford </BLOCKQUOTE> Kent= 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 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 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 As usual, I am probably all alone with= this thinking. But that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.=  :) Wim </BODY></HTML>