<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> <DIV>Phil,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Another thing to factor in here might be frequency of tuning vs. power = of the pianist.  If you're doing high end work, odds are, the player is go= ing to do his/her best to knock the piano out of tune(unintentionally, of course).  I see it as a never ending battle.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Some of the teachers I tune for are REALLY strong players who break str= ings and knock the instruments out of tune, especially in the killer octave, with= great regularity.  What can I do about it?  Not much, I've decided= , unless they have their pianos tuned with far more frequency than they do.&nb= sp; Monthly would be good, or even more often.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In attempting to emulate one of the players' in order to get a unison s= olid recently, I broke a string in the killer octave.  That sure didn't do m= uch for unison stability....;-{</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I also think that Andre is right in that your ear's ability to be more discerning is hard at work here.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Though I haven't heard your work, I'm certain that you do as good as jo= b as possible in any given circumstance.  That's really all you can do.</DIV= > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/11/05 4:09:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, phil@philbondi.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fef9b4" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>= Thanks to all for the thoughtful responses. Like I said in my original <BR>post, the= re's a number of factors at work for me feeling the way that I <BR>do about unisons, especially on my high-end work. All of them are <BR>working toget= her at this point.<BR><BR>To give you an idea:<BR><BR>-Andre suggested I was hearing at the next level (thank you)<BR>-Guy suggested massage (I already= get 2 a month)<BR>-Terry suggested the pianos are getting worse.!!!?!?! (not o= n my <BR>high-end work)<BR>-Jonathan suggested being more sensitive to unisons (probably)<BR><BR>All of these suggestions are working together at this po= int. I certainly <BR>hope this is not coming across as being whiny..but it is something I <BR>have noticed, noted, and will improve upon.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>