One more tuning question...

[David Ilvedson]

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It does seem to me if you are having those big seasonal swings=
 your pianos need a damp-chaser...?  I don't have that problem=
 here in the Bay Area...

David Ilvedson







Original message
From: Richard Oliver Snelson 
To: Pianotech 
Received: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:00:19 -0600
Subject: Re: One more tuning question...


Julia, 
I would ask you this question. Let's assume you end your tuning=
 with the piano on A=3D440. Tomorrow the weather changes a bit and=
 the humidity goes up. Where is you tuning at the end of the day=
 or the third day after you tuned? If you are aware of season=
 changes and how they will affect the piano it is only good=
 practice in my opinion to "float" the pitch in some cases. For=
 example leave it slightly low if you know it's going to go sharp=
 in a few weeks. Over all the customer ends up with a piano=
 that's closer to A=3D440 for a longer time. I'm sure there maybe a=
 few customers, performers, even tuners, that can tell the piano=
 is not A=3D440, most can not without a fork, tone, ETD. I weekly=
 find fine artists  playing with a 20 cent flat or sharp piano=
 and not having the least idea it sharp or flat. There is no=
 reason you can't explain what you are doing to the customer and=
 why it will keep the piano closer to 440. 
The pianos that I tune on a two month basis I will end the=
 tunings at A=3D440 during the same season.  Unless I'm tuning just=
 before the heat come on or summer and the air is about to start,=
 then I will think of allowing a small amount of pitch "Float". =
 Rich
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Alpha88x@aol.com 
To: pianotech@ptg.org 
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 8:36 AM
Subject: One more tuning question...


Greetings, 

            Is one way of doing business for some tuners to just=
 tune the piano "where it is"? In other words, they check the A=
 and if its close enough (or even if its not close to 440 ) just=
 tune the piano so that it is in tune with itself???

           And even going further, If they have a regular client,=
 such as a church, to do the above mentioned thing, cleaning up=
 unisons (so as to do a "bang-up" tuning) and then, on every 4th=
 tuning or so pull it back up to A440 or alittle above, so they=
 are set up to repeat the whole process, thereby saving=
 themselves some time on intermittent tunings, yet leaving the=
 customer believing that they are receiving an A440 tuning each=
 and every time...when they aren't receiving a true tuning (as=
 far as proper pitch goes) each and every time??

            Not that I would do such a thing in my practice. I do=
 not condone it either. I think it is dishonest. My question is=
 do some tooners do this?? is it possible? 
    

Julia 
Reading, PA


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