Highest pitch correction

[Travis Gordy]

Don, good for you.  I too always raise to A440 in one tuning, unless there
is so much rust that string breakage might be a problem, then i discuss it
with the customer and if A440 is prefered, lubricate where the strings
conrtact the pressure bar or upper bridge and proceed.  If more than one
string breaks I back off to a half step flat as agreed before hand.  Seldom
have that problem.  Been doing it that way for over 30 years, and since I
know it presents no problems for 90+% of the customers it would be unfair
for me to charge for more tunings. I do charge half again my regular fee
for major pitch raises.  The only time I tune twice is if  the piano is to
be used for a concert, like sometimes a church piano that has been
neglected.  If I can I will tune the day before the concert then again on
concert day. Just depends.

Travis Gordy, RPT
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> From: Don <drose@dlcwest.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re:Highest pitch correction
> Date: Saturday, December 20, 1997 1:02 PM
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> My *record* pitch correction was 565 cents.
> 
> This years *winner* was 450 cents.
> 
> The *grand* category had a new *low* this year of 270 cents.
> 
> All of these instruments were tuned to A440 with a 25 cent over pull on
the
> first pass (except for the bass where I chose zero over pull). None of
them
> broke a single string.
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
> "Tuner for the Centre of the Arts"
> drose@dlcwest.com
> 3004 Grant Rd.
> REGINA, SK
> S4S 5G7
> 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
>