I don't mean to start a spinet-bashing session, but I just want to see if it's me or the piano: When tuning a spinet, I find it hard to make nice clean octaves. (I use an ETD to tune, but I also do everything aurally as I tune, for practice.) The other day, the customer was sitting in the same room as me while I tuned. I was embarassed that I was tuning their piano and couldn't get a clean-sounding octave! So I moved on, worried about what the final result would sound like. She didn't seem to notice anything wrong. I'm still not sure if I did any good to the piano or not. So do I need more practice, or am I doing what can be done? Note: I don't seem to have this problem on a Steinway B. By the way, those Baldwin spinets have a surprisingly good sound for their size, I have to admit. I always emphasize that to the customer, and they seem proud. I still would rather not be near one, but for what they are, they seem not so bad. Charles Neuman PTG Assoc, Long Island - Nassau
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