<WBR>Les<br> <br> My advice is to tune it where it is. Explain to her what is going but I would not attempt to raise it up to A440. If she is not "musical" enough in the first place to notice it's not at A440, don't worry about it. It will be less stress for you.<br> <br> That's one good thing about living here. The salt air won't allow pianos to "live" that long. <br> <br> Good luck.<br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net><br> To: pianotech@ptg.org<br> Sent: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 4:06 pm<br> Subject: not too much badmouthing please<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_bc57c9e4-db6b-4326-8611-e62d3ba65e20> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>I got an email from some girl who actually as paid money for an upright piano she says is about 125 years old……………………..   I don't know WHY she did this, but I somehow expect that "it looked so quaint and like an antique".   She wishes me to actually attempt to tune the thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  What have I done to deserve this?   Anyhow, assuming (and I can't even find a comment for that) it is tuneable, can it be brought up to 440, or would one at all costs keep the pitch significantly lower.   I'm praying it will fall off a truck in the move, but fear I might have to face it.  So, without making me pay too much  for this obvious reward of past sins, a bit of help, please?  I'm scared already, and have been blessed not to see it to date………</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>les bartlett</FONT> </div> </div> <div id='u8CA755A6D098028-1144-353C' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Plan your next roadtrip with <A title="http://www.mapquest.com/?ncid=mpqmap00030000000004" href="http://www.mapquest.com/?ncid=mpqmap00030000000004" target="_blank">MapQuest.com</A>: America's #1 Mapping Site.</FONT> </div>