Dear List, I have been getting a lot of clients from advertising in PTA newsletters (school-parent groups, if they're called something different in your locale) and am seeing a lot of old uprights and neglected spinets. I've been letting the customer know if the pitch is low before I start tuning and talking with them about the use of the piano (with other instruments, for child's lesson, or whatever) -- and a lot of my customers don't want to pay the extra money for a pitch raise given the circumstances under which they use the piano. I've been noting the low pitch on the invoice, so that they're aware and reminded -- and maybe later on they'll be interested in raising it up. (On the really old uprights I don't even hope for that -- like the 1899 Weber untuned since 1977 --) Best wishes for the holidays -- I'm going to visit my parents and not take my tuning hammer along -- Dorrie Bell Associate Member, Boston Chapter
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