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 > My standard practice is to set up a return appointment for 3 to 4 weeks following a pitch raise of 30c or more to do a fine tuning. I've always done this, it's what I was taught. I have also picked up many customers over the years who had someone else do a one sitting pitch raise only to have the piano begin to sound terrible in 4 to 6 weeks, they then assumed the 1st tech didn't know what he was doing and called another, me. I would explain to them what happened but they were by then my customer Mike -- I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091216/f28266c5/attachment.htm>
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