[pianotech] tuning "disclaimer" after large pitch raise?

[John Formsma]

My disclaimer comes after any pitch raise/tuning over 30 cents. No, one
shouldn't feel bad at all if the tuning "slips." Can't be helped, IMO.

-- 
JF

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 3:30 AM, David Nereson <da88ve at gmail.com> wrote:

>    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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