not free RPT

[David Ilvedson]

For those concerned, I have a full explanation from Mr. Dave.  It seems
clearly a case of not raising the pitch when he should have and paying
the price...i.e. losing a potential customer...although I think it was Dave's
customer already and he wouldn't have got it anyway.  Possibly a poor
reason right there for not taking the extra 15 minutes.

David I.



----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:21:36 -0600
Subject: Re: not free RPT

>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
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>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Center of
>the Arts

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