<HTML>In a message dated 3/11/01 10:34:46 PM Central Standard Time, pianolover88@hotmail.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">She asked me if it wouldn't be a better idea to wait a couple more months for more "consistant weather conditions". I told her, without hesitation, that since her piano is new, and it's already been TWO months since it was delivered, that I should definitely tune it now,  as it would most likely go flatter and flatter the longer she waits, not to mention that by tuning it now it would help to "stabilize" her piano, help it to "settle down", making future tunings easier and longer lasting. She agreed, so the tuning is set for tomorrow as originally scheduled. I'm very curious to know how the more seasoned pros handle questions and concerns similar to this. Thanks! Terry Peterson </BLOCKQUOTE> A piano should be tuned about 2 - 3 weeks, not months, after it has been delivered to a customer's house because of the change in environment. That is the story we should be telling customers. Yes, strings do stretch, but that is not why the piano goes out of tune initially. It's because the humidity and temperature in the customer's house is different than in the store. This is what salesmen should be telling the customer too. Unfortunately, not too many of them do. Willem </HTML>