<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-= 1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR>  </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px= 10px 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll== yes ORGYPOS="0"> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100= %" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-F= AMILY: Arial" width="100%"> <DIV>Jason..I think in the "real world" the sharp or flat facto= r applies mostly to the Tenor section. Rarely, in my opinion do= es the piano go sharp or flat EVENLY over the whole piano.... Here l= ies the problem...If the Tenor goes sharp, do you raise the Bass and treb= le to match? or do you lower the Tenor section?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bit of..Six of one or, half a dozen of the other!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Robin Stevens ARPT</DIV> <DIV>South Australia</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><I>-------Original Message-------</I></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>From:</B></I> <A href="m= ailto:jkanter@rollingball.com">Jason Kanter</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Date:</B></I> 01/28/06 17:= 53:22</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mai= lto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Subject:</B></I> frequent = tuning - floating pitch? was tuning</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484351607-28012006><FONT face== Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I imagine that if you "recently" tuned the= piano (last week or last month or two months ago) and now it's still "in= tune" but a couple of cents sharp, you tune it where it lies? That makes= it a half-hour tuning instead of an hour and a half, and the following w= eek (or month or couple of months) you again tune it where it lies, and w= ithin six months, when you have the couple of hours, you bring it all to = 440 again. Yes? Or do you keep adjusting it to 440 every time? Or sell Da= mpp-chasers?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484351607-28012006><FONT face== Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484351607-28012006> <DIV class=Section1> <P><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=5><B><SPAN>|| ||| || ||| || ||| || = ||| || ||| || ||| || </SPAN></B></FONT><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt= ; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Jason Kanter . jkanter@rollingball.com<BR>Piano t= uning, regulation, repair<BR>Serving Seattle and the San Juans<BR><B><BIG= >425.830.1561</BIG></B>  </SPAN></P></DIV></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mail= to:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>PJR<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri= day, January 27, 2006 5:16 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:= </B> Re: tuning<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>I tune cruise ship pianos once a week.  On them you have = the problem of rocking, vibrations, salt air, hard players and continuous= playing (mechanisms).  Comes down to the fact that you tune a whene= ver it needs it.<BR><BR>Phil Ryan<BR>Miami Beach<BR><BR>pianotune05 wrote= : <DIV type="cite" cite="mid010a01c621e1$50d3e4e0$1174b143@eva12marshal= 0g"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>How often is too often to tune a piano?  I t= ypically see twice a year, or even every three months.  Is anything = less than that necessary such as once a month or even once a week which I= 've heard of?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV></DIV><BR> <DIV> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></T= ABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>