no tunings, no drivel

[Farrell]

How would low pitch cause a piano soundboard to loose crown?

"the pitch drops to a point at which there's risk of losing tone or crown"


----- Original Message -----
From: "D.Martens" <cybertuner@planet.nl>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: no tunings, no drivel


> 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
>
>