Tuesday evening's tuning

[John Ross]

Hi,
There are circumstances, that do necessitate a pitch raise on an old
neglected piano.
Lessons could have been started, and it was all the family could afford for
a child taking lessons.
I always ask, what the piano is used for, before making a judgement on a
pitch raise. I wouldn't want to make a blanket statement about  pitch raise.
Just my thoughts on this subject.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: <PDtek@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 4:29 AM
Subject: Re: Tuesday evening's tuning


> In a message dated 12/22/99 6:38:11 PM Central Standard Time,
> Wimblees@AOL.COM writes:
>
> << As far as
>  raising pitch. That is a definite NO NO on my part. I tune them where
> they're
>  at. Less chance of anything breaking.
>
>  Willem
>   >>
>
> I'm with you on this one, Wim. An old, long neglected upright is not the
same
> situation as a regularly tuned piano. And the main difference is the
owner.
> For the most part they have low expectations and they don't want to spend
any
> more than they have to. They will most probably follow the same servicing
> guidelines as did the last owner that neglected it for the last twenty
years.
> If you do a monster pitch raise it is very unlikely they will follow up
with
> the necessary tunings to stabilize the instrument, not to mention the
> probability of breaking a string or two. So you will have a customer that
> paid a lot more than they would have liked to for service on a piano that
> will sound bad again in a month or two, and not one in a hundred of them
will
> appreciate the difference between standard pitch and wherever it was.
>
> Dave Bunch
>