Pounding tuning pins.

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 Nossaman writes:

<< I'd tell the customer to expect the pitch raise. That way, If it
proves necessary, you'll have credibility and if it doesn't prove
necessary, you'll have good news.  >>

Greetings, 
         Interesting to read this post this morning.  I am just heading out 
the door to make a first call to a customer who told me, "We bought this 
Kawai grand four years ago,  and have moved several times.  We never got 
around to getting it tuned, ever!" 
  I explained that the first visit would probably cost twice as much as one 
regular tuning, and it would need another tuning before Christmas.  She 
understood as soon as I used the word "catch-up".   
   So,  we will see how far a new Kawai drops, on its own.  This happened 
once before, a Baldwin R that hadn't been tuned since new (eight years).   It 
was over 100 cents flat, and unisons were out by up to 10 cents within 
themselves.  I did a double tuning and they didn't like the way it sounded 
when I finished.  <sigh>
Regards, 
Ed Foote RPT