<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" = 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"> <DIV>I foung this piano at the thrift store flat everywhere.  It = was a piece of work, and a good practice piano.  It's still some off, and = I'll go back and work on it some more.  I figure once  Ido the hard = pianos, the good pianos will be a treat. </DIV> <DIV>Marshall</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianoman@westnet.com.au = href="mailto:pianoman@westnet.com.au">Robin Stevens</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 28, = 2006 3:39 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: frequent tuning - = floating pitch? was tuning</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 = width="100%" border=0><TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" = width="100%"> <DIV>Jason..I think in the "real world" the sharp or flat factor applies mostly to the Tenor section. Rarely, in my opinion does the piano go sharp = or flat EVENLY over the whole piano.... Here lies the = problem...If the Tenor goes sharp, do you raise the Bass and treble 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="mailto: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="mailto: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 week (or month or couple of months) you again tune it where it lies, = and within 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 Dampp-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 tuning, 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 [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>PJR<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 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 whenever it needs it.<BR><BR>Phil Ryan<BR>Miami Beach<BR><BR>pianotune05 wrote: <DIV cite="mid010a01c621e1$50d3e4e0$1174b143@eva12marshal0g" type="cite"> <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 typically 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></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BLOC= KQUOTE></BODY></HTML>