<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3616.1301"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi Y'all.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In my limited experience I've run across 3 pianos that the owners = SWEAR have not been tuned for a large number of years.  In all three = cases they claim double digits (at least 10 years since last tuning).  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In all three cases, with this particular brand only, the pianos did = not require a pitch raise!  Before going to each job, I gave the owners = the pitch raise "schpeel" only to check to find the pianos either = 4 cents low or even high!  Of course they sounded terrible but the overall = pitch averaged out and they needed only one pass.  What brand was = this?  Gulbrasen.  Two consoles and a spinet.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Glenn, the "Perpetual Associate" (no, I'm not going to = let that go.  I still can't believe everyone else did).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>