<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: was year end/now low end pianos</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE>My attitude = regarding the low end piano is the antithesis of a  comment I read here= on the list a few years ago: "I put a timer on the piano  and whe= n 45 minutes passes, the piano is tuned." >Mine too. Yes, it's harder  to tune that beast, but I think no one would argue t= he fact that we tuners  offer service to people.  Some people own = Steinways.  Some people  own other pianos. </BLOCKQUOTE> >Case in point: I tune almost any piano within 15 minutes of my house (a= ny farther and it’s pretty much only good grands.) Today I tuned a Wur= litzer console; it was a neighbor’s grandma’s piano, with a card= from Francis Mehaffey stuck in the top (Grandma lived in Claremont, CA, whe= re Francis lived.) Anyway, I didn’t “just run through it,” but tuned it as I= would tune a good grand---slowly and carefully. When it was done, and I played it, the first thing out of my mouth was &#82= 20;that’s the best this little guy has ever sounded.” A good, focused tuning can make a huge difference in a C grade piano. &nbsp= ;Really. Best to all---- David Andersen </BODY> </HTML>