<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>You mean C8 at +200 cents???  The last time = somebody asked me to tune something that sharp it became clear that they were = stone deaf above C7.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=SidewaysWell1713@aol.com href="mailto:SidewaysWell1713@aol.com">SidewaysWell1713@aol.com</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> December 29, 2002 6:46 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Generic EBVT = Tuning Chart</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 12/29/02 7:08:19 PM Central = Standard Time, <A = href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A> writes:<BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Hmm? Interesting Chart. The only thing I can say, is if = I had to listen to a<BR>treble stretched that far, for more than a minute, = I'd totally lose<BR>it!!!!!!! Yikes! Why do some tuners insist on = stretching the SH)(^&% out of<BR>a piano, to the point of radical dissonance?<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>The point is, Joe that you do not = have to do that if you don't want to but I have reasons for doing it.  I = don't always stretch that much and sometimes I stretch even more.  As = radical as you think it may be, I know of people who will stretch 4 times that = much.  Yes, you read it right, FOUR times that much.  I = would characterize the amount shown as "moderate".  I have one customer = who would not pay me unless I "got it up quite a bit more than that" (no = pun intended).  To each his own (also no pun intended).<BR><BR>Happy = New Year.<BR><BR>Bill Bremmer RPT<BR>Madison, Wisconsin<BR><A href="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b = r e m m e r . c o m =-</A></FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>