Pitch raising on older pianos

[Clyde Hollinger]

Terry,

I think the answer is pretty logical.  "Elderly", because years ago it was the
accepted philosophy, at least in this area, that once a piano had dropped too
much (whatever that was) it couldn't be returned to A440.  And "gentleman"
because, I assume, years ago women were a lot less prevalent in the piano
service business than they are today.

I suppose there is a chance that some kids would call ME elderly, but I'm only
53.

Regards,
Clyde Hollinger

Farrell wrote:

> I sometimes also ask whether the
> previous tuner was an elderly gentleman. The answer has ALWAYS been yes. I'm
> not sure why that is. I guess that was just the way it was taught years ago.
> Or maybe these are tuners that don't replace strings?