Hi David, I thought the Santa Anna's (hot winds) could cause that sort of effect. Perhaps you might phone and simply ask if the tuner was asked to merely tune the piano and not pitch correct it? Perhaps the owner was unwilling to pay for the technicians time and left the decision of stability vs pitch correction to the tuner? I don't do work for free, and I believe I would normally choose the "single pass" pitch correction in that situation--but that is a subjective decision not a "lazy" decision. If he chose to not work for free I congratulate him, not call him "lazy". Thats why I changed the thread. It's great that you enjoy tuning aurally. But if you are an aural tuner how do you know it was 12 to 14 cents flat? And if you use a measuring device of some kind then a 2 cent window is unacceptable--better get something more accurate. If you do use such a device when was it last calibrated? Oh you checked against your fork? And when did you last have your fork calibrated? Was that at exactly 68 degrees F.? And was the barometric pressure taken into account? At 11:51 PM 10/23/02 -0700, you wrote: >>Hi David, >> >>For what it is worth, I have seen a solid tuning change 12 cents in pitch >>in just 3 days. > >Not in Southern California, my friend. Never happen. AND--the tuning >was great, the unisons and octaves very good....but 12-14 cents flat. >Nice try..... :-------) > >xoDA >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Center of the Arts mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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