<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>Jon Page said: "It's like mowing weeds"; was a comment I heard many years ago <DIV><FONT size=+0>about tuning a spinet. I'm not sure of exactly how it pertains</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>to pianos but it does convey the precept of not trying to be perfect.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Speed tuning. You'll be surprised that if you go through these, with</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>less regard, in 30 t0 45 minutes, that it will sound as well as had you</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>spent 1.5 hrs or more on it. False beats be damned, customers don't</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>hear it; to them it actually make the note "sound" for them. The reason</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>they purchased a short vertical was for: 1: space; 2: price. Or vise versa.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>False beats in larger pianos/grands require more serious consideration.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Save your ears for the customers who require a fine tuning on a</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>piano that doesn't stress your hearing or perception. After all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>tuning is to a greater degree perception than hearing."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Jon,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>I would have to, respectfully disagree. I just finished untangling a mouse mess/poor tuner/tuning on a Wurlie Console. This was done for a really avid student/pianist. When I was finished she absolutely was ecstatic that her lowly "pianer" could sound and play so good. As my olde teacher used to say, after testing a PSO tuning: "It sounds better than it has a right to!" (This, after a meticulous tuning.) I think we really sell our clients short on this and feel the added effort pays off in the end. Just because a client has a POS/PSO does not mean that they can't HEAR! Bad assumption IMO.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Just my thoughts on the matter.</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Captain of the Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>