<HTML>List, Did an interesting job tonight that made me very happy to have my Tunela= b Pocket on hand.  It was a Kawai console, purchased secondhand by the = gentleman who called me to book the job.  He was complaining that the p= iano had gone flat on him, and wondered if he should pound the pins in to ge= t them to hold.  He explained that the piano had been half a step flat = before he decided to tune it himself.  And it would just not stay at pi= tch. Fortunately, nobody got hurt.   I arrived at his home to find a piano ranging from 113% flat to 10%#...a= nd these were neighboring notes.  Turns out he'd bought a Seiko tuner t= hat only went up to octave six, and he'd tried to tune the rest.  The b= ass he'd attempted to tune using 5ths, 4ths and thirds, having absolutely no= clue what to really listen for. I can only imagine the forces that were being exerted on the poor piano.=  Did the appropriate pitch raise using my ETD, and found the piano tun= able afterwards.  The hard part was getting Tunelab to recognize the no= te instead of hearing it as the note a half step down. I was surprised at how well it came out.  I told the client not to = expect it to hold particularly well, and recommended that he stick with play= ing his piano(he was a good player) instead of turning pins as I handed him = the "Pitch Raise" leaflet provided by the PTG..  Since he had rendered = it unrecognizable as a piano, he agreed not to try this at home again, and s= cheduled an appointment in 3 months.   What was he thinking?   A).  Ahhh, it's easy, I have a good ear.   B).  Hey, it's only 200+ strings.  I'm sure I'll get a couple = of them right. C).  I'm gonna make that next tuner work for his $.(he did, but he = paid for it, too!) D).  All of the above Another interesting day by the bay.   Dave Stahl </HTML>