<DIV>Do you do all these 440 tunings out of the goodness of your heart or charge for the pitch raise, follow up tunings, broken strings etc. cause most poeple dont want any extra expenses...just so we can play it syndrome. gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I agree. And a lot of the "tooners" around here have "tooned" pianos that were rock-solid and had tight pins to their extant pitch. Lazy, I calls it! BUT if a piano is WAY below pitch, pulling it up CAN produce a lot of nasty ringing in the treble, due to misplaced kinks in the wire from where they long rested against the bridge poins. had one today like that. Thump --- Terry <TERRY@FARRELLPIANO.COM>wrote: > I also service mostly older pianos. I leave maybe > one or two a year below A440 (rusty, breaking > strings, little old lady w/ no money, etc.). Why > would "whats in front of me" pose a barrier to > tuning at A440? Ya puts yer lever on the tuning pin > in front of you and you crank it! > > Terry Farrell > > Wether a piano gets the 440 treatment depends on > what its used for and the client. I don"t know about > you listers...but not all my pianos I service are > new, and have already been neglected for years. I > can only do what I can with whats in front of me. I > don't consider myself a "tooner" because of it. > > Alpha88x@aol.com wrote: > Greetings, > > Is one way of doing business for > some tuners to just tune the piano "where it is"? In > other words, they check the A and if its close > enough (or even if its not close to 440 ) just tune > the piano so that it is in tune with itself??? > > And even going further, If they have > a regular client, such as a church, to do the above > mentioned thing, cleaning up unisons (so as to do a > "bang-up" tuning) and then, on every 4th tuning or > so pull it back up to A440 or alittle above, so they > are set up to repeat the whole process, thereby > saving themselves some time on intermittent tunings, > yet leaving the customer believing that they are > receiving an A440 ! tuning each and every > time...when they aren't receiving a true tuning (as > far as proper pitch goes) each and every time?? > > Not that I would do such a thing in > my practice. I do not condone it either. I think it > is dishonest. My question is do some tooners do > this?? is it possible? > > > Julia > Reading, PA > > > > Richard > the "Piano Guy" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> Richard the "Piano Guy"