<HTML>In a message dated 1/15/03 4:12:36 PM Central Standard Time, jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I am nearing the end of my "January tunings", at the Music School, in a local University. (Small, 35 pianos) Yesterday, I forgot to note the practise room, I had finished at, so I went to the area, I thought I had finished. I knocked on the door, and asked the student, "has that piano been tuned?", she said I don't know. The same at the next room, a guy this time. Now we are talking, of pianos, that are away, out of tune, they were tuned last, in September, with the humidity, in the high 60's. The humidity now is in the 20's. They were low, by 10-30c, depending on which part of the scale. I hear all the time, about people worrying about 1 or 2 cents, and these music students, can't even tell, when it is 10-30c out. I am not saying, we should lower our standards, but I am wondering, if it is worth it. After all, how long does it stay, exactly in tune. Regards, John M. Ross </BLOCKQUOTE> I tune the practice room pianos because the pianos need it, not because the students might hear the difference. At the same time, however, if we give them in tune pianos to play on, maybe they'll learn to tell the difference. Wim </HTML>