<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Me. Lots. Dozens of times. And I've shown good players how to slightly temper the strings' relationships so the guitar is better in tune in all positions. Little somethin' I discovered long ago.<DIV>David Andersen</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 22, 2007, at 8:31 PM, <A href="mailto:PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com">PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <FONT id="role_document" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> <DIV>In my 27 years as a field technician, I've been asked to "tune the guitar" many times--maybe a few dozen. I've also been asked if I fix violins! Being that I used to play the guitar, I always agree to tune the kid's guitar, but I tell them beforehand that I'm not responsible for a string breaking<SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; ">. I wonder how many of my fellow technicians have thrown in a free guitar tuning along with the piano tuning?</SPAN> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik</DIV> <DIV>In it since 1980</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <A title="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http://www.aol.com" href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom" target="_blank"><B>AOL.com</B></A>.</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>