<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Jon, I find that in many cases like this (treble goes very sharp) the piano has a cracked plate.  On the next one that does this, tip the action back and look very closely.<div><br></div><div>---Tom Gorley</div><div><br></div><div><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Jon Page <<a href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net">jonpage@comcast.net</a>><br>To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br>Sent: Fri, Jan 11, 2013 6:53 pm<br>Subject: Re: [pianotech] frustrated<br><br><br>I tuned a small Kawai grand which was donated to a school. It took about <br>four hours to get it where I could walk away. When I pulled up the <br>treble (not too much), it went way sharp afterwards. I went over it <br>again to lower the pitch and it went way flat. Pulled up...crept sharp <br>but not as much. After the third or fourth pass thru the treble, the <br>piano was good enough. I charged for the time. Never heard back from <br>them...problem solved.<br><br>Maybe that's why it was donated.<br><br>-- <br>Regards,<br><br>Jon Page<br> <br></div></body></html>