Jim, Thanks for the response. <<Valuation judgement here John :-) can you do an 'on par' tuning on a Grand spinet? snip... <<Define "lower end tunings" Some pianos don't deserve much...........but even when I do a quick tuning I will go over each piano two times once to get it in 'tune' and once to "tune it".>> These are good points that, frankly, I fail to remind myself of sometimes. I know what you have said, but, still being relatively new, I suppose that experience must erode my lofty ideals for EVERY piano to sound like a concert piano--it ain't gonna happen most of the time. I am a perfectionist by nature, and I guess that I allow myself to get bogged down on a lousy spinet that won't sound very good no matter what. <<"How even is the piano? I.e., are all the intervals ascending/descending evenly?" [John F]>> <<As even as reasonably possible given instrument, condition etc. as to the latter part of the question..No. But they are as close as circumstance allows.>> Another something for me to do better: don't try to make the substandard piano sound like a [insert fave brand] when it will NEVER sound like a [fave brand]. I'm beginning to get this into my thick skull. :-)) Thanks for the good advice, Jim. John Formsma Blue Mountain, MS
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