<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: How often do you tune your piano?</title></head><body> <div>At 1:36 AM -0500 12/2/04, Piannaman@aol.com wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana">... Honestly, how often do you tune your OWN piano?</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>When I first hear any unisons drifting, it's my alert signal to do a tuning pass.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana">Do you do it as often as you recommend your clients do theirs?</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>More!</div> <div><br></div> <div>The particular piano I speak of is a 1912 Knabe 5'8" that has a Dampp-Chaser system. It is very stable.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana">And what other work have you done on it in the last few "service calls?"</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Whatever catches my attention, and/or whenever someone in the household makes mention of a problem. If one hammer bubbles, it is addressed. If one click sound is apparent, it is addressed. Etc.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Keith</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div>Keith McGavern<br> Registered Piano Technician<br> Oklahoma Chapter 731<br> Piano Technicians Guild<br> USA<br> </div> </body> </html>