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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>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 <FONT face="Times New Roman">"whats in front of =
me"<FONT
face=Arial> pose a barrier to tuning at A440? Ya puts yer lever on the =
tuning
pin in front of you and you crank it!</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>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.<BR><BR><B><I><A
href="mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com">Alpha88x@aol.com</A></I></B> wrote:
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10">Greetings,
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;
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
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itself???<BR><BR> &n=
bsp;
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??<BR><BR>  =
;
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? <BR> <BR><BR>Julia <BR>Reading,
PA<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT><BR><BR>Richard<BR>the "Piano
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