<!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 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andre' said: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>If you have not tuned a piano for a number of years. it is = always lower=20=<BR><BR>than it was before, never higher.<BR>We all know at = least that."</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>No, we all don't know that! I've had several instances where the piano was not = tuned for many years and when the client finally decided to do it again, I found = that the piano was SHARP from where I had left it those many years ago! No, no = one else had tuned it. Yes, it's temp/humid situation had changed.<G> I = even ran into a lowly little spinet that had not been tuned for over 20 years and = it was ON pitch! The client swore that the 20 year thing was true! I questioned = at length and it was true. Go figger!<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>