---------- > From: cpstout <cpstout@concentric.net> > You have that right! And I for one appreciate knowing the tuning > record and by whom. Clarence (Clancy) Stout RPT > Chandler AZ and Holyoke CO Same here, also when I was there last. The tuner's mark is a tradition that probably dates back to the first tuner. Perhaps it is part of the tradition of bench marks. Some did, some didn't. That's the way it is today. There is no simple dictm. I tuned for a dealer, and he requested for in-store tunings, that I sign the date and my initials, and told me where to sign. "Press the lowest C and sign on the on the exposed area of the B key." When tuning in a large metropolitian area, I was impressed with the the signatures on the plate. Carefully lettered in black india ink the last name and date tuned. Had to be india ink as the Sanford Sharpie fine point permanent marker ain't that sharp. On grands I most often saw it on the cappo bar facing the pins. There are unwritten rules. It seems that "marks" are written at the first tuning, and after only to denote pitch raises, and other notes such as regulation and hammer filing. Done in pencil or india ink. But ONLY on privately owned instruments. Never on performance instruments. At least in view. So it seems. Who can say. I suppose if tuner's marks are that objectional one could offer a service to remove them, if you are hurting that bad for business. But what looks "worse" than a tuner's mark are the attempts at eraseing them, when done unprofessionally. R.M. ps Remembering tuning behind rm only six months later, (according to his mark) and thinking what a lousey tuner he was cause of the way it was out of tune. Guess what it sounded like when I was lucky enough to be called back in another six months? You may ask how I learned to look for and snug loose plate screws.
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