<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I was reading an old essay (PTJ August '90) by Rick Baldassin = regarding Piano Tuning Stability.  Within that article, Rick writes = about tuning for a concert and remarks that after a rehearsal, the treble was really out.  'Why?  The treble notes were too far out of tune to = create a stable tuning in one pass on the tuning.'  He stated that when he = tuned the instrument prior to the rehearsal, the 6th and 7th octaves were flat, = 'maybe as much as four cents.'</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So, in a nutshell, if your piano is four cents flat, your tuning = will not be stable (for a concert level tuning).  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My questions:</DIV> <DIV> 1.) Really?  Is four cents flat too much to get a stable = concert tuning?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2.) For our regular clients, when do we begin charging for a pitch = raise, 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents?  I realize that neither all clients, nor = their instruments will require this level tuning, but where do we draw the = line and say we must raise pitch to get a stable tuning?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am very interested to hear as many opinions on this one as possible.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>William R. Monroe<BR>PTG Associate<BR>Salt Lake City, UT</DIV></BODY></HTML>