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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-IE><FONT face="Times =
New Roman"
size=3>"When it is evident the piano will not hold after one
tuning..."</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
lang=EN-IE></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-IE>What conditions =
might support this
conclusion? Shouldn't this be decided before tuning?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN =
lang=EN-IE></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN lang=EN-IE>"If the strings feel they won’t
break..."</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN lang=EN-IE></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-IE>How do you make this =
determination?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN =
lang=EN-IE></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN lang=EN-IE>"...I pull them a couple of cents
sharp."</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN lang=EN-IE></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-IE>There are more =
accurate
ways.....</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN =
lang=EN-IE></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN lang=EN-IE>"It’s amazing how it will =
hold."</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN lang=EN-IE></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-IE>Why? I think you =
should be able to
plan on it.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN =
lang=EN-IE></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-IE>Terry =
Farrell</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kennyfin@jetstream.net =
href="mailto:kennyfin@jetstream.net">Kenny
Finlayson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 14, =
2004 3:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Help with bad =
tuning</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN =
lang=EN-IE><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Hi Doug Renz in <st1:place =
w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Rochester</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">NY</st1:State></st1:place>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-IE><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN =
lang=EN-IE><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>When it is evident the piano will =
not hold after
one tuning, tell the customer he needs a pitch raise. For a pitch =
raise, I
charge little more than half that of a tuning. The cost of a tuning, =
after
all, includes the expense of a car and time wasted on transportation. =
A second
tuning should not include all of that.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN =
lang=EN-IE><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>On the pitch raise, I do not spend =
time fine
tuning. I can get it done in little over a half hour. If the strings =
feel they
won’t break, I pull them a couple of cents sharp.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-IE><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN =
lang=EN-IE><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Then a good tuning on top of it. =
It’s amazing
how it will hold. If it is a full tone out, tell him he’ll have to =
tune it
again in three to six months. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-IE><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN =
lang=EN-IE><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>If the customer can’t live with =
paying 1 ½ times
more for a tuning, tell him to get someone else. There is good reason =
for
this, namely the problem you ran into - now he thinks you’re a lousy =
tuner.
Let someone else look after him. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-IE><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN =
lang=EN-IE><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Kenny Finlayson,
RPT</FONT></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>