C'mon Les, her "RPT" technician told her the piano was SHARP! You hit her kinda hard, I think, with your somewhat over righteous and assuming response. Read her letter again, you may see it in a different light. And remember, she is a piano owner looking for education, not a beating. Do you treat all your customers this way? Maybe you're just having a bad day - hope things improve for you. John Piesik Sandra. My guess is that the problem lies not with the tuner, but with you. You say that the piano was restrung 2 years ago. How many times in that 2 year period have you had the piano the piano tuned? Once? twice? A restrung instrument has to be tuned more frequently in the first couple of years in order to get the excess stretch out of the strings. Until this happens the piano will NEVER be stable. In the last two years your piano should have been tuned an absolute minimum of four times and given the move, six times probably would have been better. It constantly amazes me how many times people think that a new, or restrung piano should be tuned LESS frequently than an older instrument. It's not at all uncommon to walk in on a new, or restrung piano that's gone several YEARS without being tuned and is down a minor third or so in pitch. Then, because the piano has new strings, they expect a tuner to come in at get it to stabalize at A-440 with only a single standard tuning. DREAM OM! Les Smith lessmith@buffnet.net On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, matt doboze wrote: > Why don't you try a another tuner? > >Dear Piano Technicians, > >I wish to be better informed concerning the care and expectations of my > >instrument. > >Here is my problem: I moved from Utah to Oregon on Aug. 3, 1996. I waited > >for my piano to settle into the climate here which was similar to Utah. We > >had a hot dry summer and now rain (we get about 19" per year). I just had > >my piano tuned by a registered technician and I am not satisfied with the > >tuning. The bass end is flat and the treble end rings. He also tinkered > >with some friction problems which have left a few keys sticking. He tuned > >my piano with a tuning fork. I wonder if it is impossible to get as tight > >of a tuning job via tuning fork compared to digital tuner?. > >How can I specifically describe my tuning tastes? I can tell when a piano > >is in tune when I don't perceive a bend in the pitch wave-I hear the sound > >go straight to pitch. I told my tuner that I do not like a dark piano. > >He told me that my piano was sharp and that it would also need voicing. > >It was voiced thoroughly, rebushed, and restrung perfectly by J. Eldridge > >Travis of Spanish Fork, Utah, 2 years ago. Do I need to voice the piano > >again before it will sound solidly tuned? > >I am shocked that my tuning job does not sound tuned. > >Any Advice? > >Sandra Harper > >P.S. Write me back at my email address: sbach@wave.net > > > >Dean Harper > >Imagisphere Creative Sound Design > >792 Columbine Way > >Central Point, Oregon 97502 > >Tele # 1-800-251-4980 > >Tele 2 # (541) 664-5078 > >Fax (541) 664-5078 > >Email: imagis@wave.net > >Home Page: http://www.nebonet.com/home/imagis/ > > > > > > > >
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