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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000 size=2>Hi Julia,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000 size=2>Terry =
Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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TYPE="CITE">Why? Example: piano is 150 cents flat. I would do two =
pitch
raises, getting up to A440. Then I would give it a tuning. I would =
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explain to the owner that the tuning will not be as stable as a =
tuning on a
typical piano that had been tuned on a regular basis. However, after =
a
couple regular tunings, their piano should achieve relative
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<DIV><BR>Greetings,
<BR><BR> The =
customer
only cares about the piano sounding musical. Do they really care if =
the tuning
is satble? Prob not. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800000>I would argue that if the customer is =
willing to pay
for a tuning - that is, they called you - they want it in tune today =
and
likely would like it to be in some sort of reasonable tune
tomorrow.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Can a tuning sound good and yet not be stable?</DIV>
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color=#800000>Yes.</FONT><BR><BR> &n=
bsp;
When you say stable tuning, do you mean the best-est sounding tuning =
of all
three passes? (2 pitch raise passes then the tuning) </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800000>By stable, I am not at all addressing what =
it sounds
like the moment I am done tuning, but rather how well the piano will =
remain in
tune tomorrow, next week and next
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month.</FONT><BR><BR> &nbs=
p; In
other words, if you do 2 passes then fine tune it at the first =
apppointment,
it will probably sound musical; and if you tune it again say.. a week =
to 2
months later, then <I>that</I> will be an even better, more musical
tuning...right?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800000>I don't know about more musical (most =
<EM>pianos</EM>
don't sound terribly musical!), but sure, the more it is tuned the =
better the
tuning will be and the longer the tuning will
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; I
find that they sound better on the second appointment.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800000>Absolutely. I simply find that there is =
quite a
cost/effort savings in doing a fine tuning at the same appointment as =
a pitch
raise. A agree that a tuning a couple weeks after a pitch raise would =
likely
be more stable, but I also find that piano owners that have let =
the piano
go a quarter step flat most often aren't going to be able to tell the
difference in any potential stability gains anyway. They'll get that =
good
stable tuning in six months (or six years, depending on their tuning
schedule!).</FONT></DIV><FONT =
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color=#800000>But nothing wrong either way. Two different ways of =
getting to a
similar point. I just find that most folks prefer the cost savings and =
the
simplicity of one appointment.</FONT>
<DIV><BR><BR>Julia<BR>Reading, PA</FONT>
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