no tunings, no drivel

[D.Martens]

Hi Don, Dirk and others,

Don wrote:
>Define necessary please. Some clients once a week would not be adequate.<

Good question, Don.
In order to make a living I'm tuning between 25 and 30 piano's a week.

It is necessary to tune a piano if

1. a client actually hears  that the piano is out of tune to a degree that
the client feels annoyed by the sound and does not feel like playing because
of it ; (  depending on the part of world the client is living in , this may
vary quite much, I suppose)
2. a piano used for playing with other instruments, and is not on the
desired pitch ( as desired by the clients involved) ;
3. the pitch drops to a point at which there's risk of losing tone or crown
;
4. a piano will be used for public use and is actually out of tune to an
extent, that some people actually  could notice it is out of tune  ;
5. the pitch is dangerously high, and there's risk of strings breaking;
6. we want to make a living, which is ok.
7. a piano will be delivered  or has been delivered recently at a client's
house;

It is NOT necessary to tune a piano, if

1. a client asks afterwards, when the tuner has finished his Job, "was it
much out of tune, can you tell me, cause i don't hear it very well"
2. I return in six months, and find inside the piano , on the keys or inthe
action  screwdrivers, mutes, a long lost external microphone, felt straps
still attached, without the client having noticed it over the past six
months.
3. on each previous visits, there was less than 20 minutes work to be done
on the tuning  ;
4. a client doesnot hear his/her piano is out of tune.

What I'm saying is, is that the clients ignorance is taken to the tuner's
advantage too often.
I feel  this awareness is  growing  among the public , and in time there
will be relatively less tuners, in area's  or countries where piano's are
being tuned when it's not  'necessary'.

I'd like to hear if anyone thinks I'm wrong on this.

Duncan