<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/11/2007 11:17:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, paulrevenkojones@aol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>"How long an exam do you want?"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Hi Paul.  A piano uniformly 3 or 4 cents flat will better simulate  the average piano in the field.  That's not flat enough to skew the accuracy of the test by reason of instability - especially since we are moving only center strings.  The current method of one string flat, one sharp is very annoying, because we NEVER see a piano like that out in the field.  If the piano were detuned 8 cents, then a pitch raise would be needed, and 20 min could be allowed for that.  It wouldn't need to to be scored, the tuning test itself would score it.  I adjust pitch all day long, during or prior to tuning, depending on the situation.  The tuning test should simulate that IMHO.   </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Bob Maret, RPT<BR>Piano Technician<BR></FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get a sneak peek of the all-new <A title="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" href="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>