David: Exactly, or a month, or several months, depending on the use of the piano and needs of the client. This was a long discussion a couple of months ago regarding the determination of whether one can "fine" tune a piano after a substantial pitch raise. You might look in the archives. I always tell my clients after a substantial pitch raise that the piano will be less stable and more apt to go out of tune between now and the next time I come to tune than it will be between that time and all subsequent times, as long as I can get back to it reasonably soon. Paul In a message dated 12/16/2009 3:39:25 A.M. Central Standard Time, da88ve at gmail.com writes: 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091216/d2e87e9d/attachment.htm>
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