"training" pianos?

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

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Tom,=20
    That is indeed a line of BS.  I have had several pianos under my =
hands that had been in the same condition. What I would do is to tune =
them to A440 every six months, or sooner, and after a year and a half, =
they start to stabilise, some of them, like a Yamaha U1 that springs to =
mind, hardly need tuning after a few years.  I use a SAT, and after =
doing a lot of checks to get the stretch numbers which fit my tuning =
style and the pianos needs, I will lightly write them in small numbers =
on one of the key sticks. ( They can easily be erased, if desired.) =
After that, the piano gets every note put right back where it was =
before. I usually go over a piano twice, to get it as stabile as =
possible anyway, and after doing this for a while, it just seems to stay =
there.=20
    Hope that helps.
Kevin.
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  Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:08 PM
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  I recently tuned a 3 year old Baldwin console.  The client told me =
that thier piano didn't stay in tune for very long and that the previous =
tuner had told her that it was probably because she didn't have it tuned =
regularly when she first got it.  (This piano had not been tuned for =
over a year after they first got it.)  =20

  Their tuner said that it hadn't been "trained" properly, and it would =
never hold a tune very well.

  Now I had never heard of this and I told her so.  The piano was =
certainly out of tune when I first got there, but it had been about 9 =
months since it was last tuned, so there was nothing out of the ordinary =
as far as I could see.  The pins were Baldwin-tight.

  I did my best to make my tuning as stable as possible, and I'll have =
to wait till they call for another tuning before I'll find out if there =
is an actual problem or not. =20

  But, has anyone ever heard of such a thing?  If a piano is not tuned =
regularly in its early life, it will never hold a tune?  I can't fathom =
that this could be true...sounds like a line of BS. =20

  But then, what do I know? (Answer: Less and less as time goes on!)

  Tom Sivak 
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