I seem to remember one of the old PTG brochures about piano
care saying a tuning can't be expected to be as stable after a
big pitch raise as it would be if had already been close to
pitch.
If this is true (and I tend to think it is), then one
shouldn't feel guilty if the tuning slips a little, and to avoid
immediate call-backs, do any of you include a "disclaimer" after
a large pitch raise (say, more than 50cents)?
I remember one of our esteemed colleagues at one of the
national conventions saying he would not charge for a fine
tuning if the piano was drastically flat. He would pitch raise
it, do a "decent" tuning, then insist on coming back for the
fine tuning after a few weeks so the owner could play the heck
out of it for a while, allowing the strings and board to do
their slipping and settling.
--David Nereson, RPT
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