<HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Well,I'm am in an interesting situation.My wife is a piano teacher so I'm forced to tune her pianos at least twice  a year before her recitales,or it's a cheap present for her birthday or our aniiversary.They are relatively new,Yamaha dc-7-2001 and Mason-Hamlin BB -1965 with Brooks new hammers,shnx+flnges.I can get away with minimal amount of work but if i have  somebody in the shop and they want to learn and do a little more,besides action models,something always can be done to improve them. Interesting topic. BEest regards.Isaac </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com"></A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 12/1/04 10:36:41 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> How often do you tune your piano?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Verdana size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12" BACK="#ffffff">Hi all, <BR><BR>A silly thread, perhaps, but I'm kind of curious about this. <BR><BR>Do we all suffer from "the gardener's yard is full of weeds" syndrome?  Honestly, how often do you tune your OWN piano?  Do you do it as often as you recommend your clients do theirs? <BR><BR>And what other work have you done on it in the last few "service calls?" <BR><BR>Since I asked the questions, I'll give the first answers. <BR><BR>I tune my piano whenever the killer octave starts sounding really nasty, usually ever 4 months or so(too much climate change in my place, and the player--me--hammers on it kinda hard).   <BR><BR>Last "service call": <BR><BR>Touched up the regulation. <BR><BR>Did a light sanding of hammers. <BR><BR>Teflonned knuckles. <BR><BR>Repaired lyre that was coming unglued. <BR><BR>Dave Stahl</FONT> </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>