<HTML>In a message dated 3/16/03 12:19:51 PM Central Standar= d Time, stephenairy@fastmail.fm writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">If I remember correctly, I hear= d that Bruce Stevens (Bellflower, CA - South Bay chapter)  (a personal friend of mine who is also an RPT) tune= d something like 30 pianos in 2 or 3 days.  I'd like to know how HE did i= t. :) ----- Original message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:51:42 -0500 Subject: Re: tuning marathon tips Just curious. How many pianos, and how many needed how much of a pitch raise. How long did it take. I'm really just curious what some techs can do. I know I am on the slower end of the spectrum. I know this will sound<BR= > rather pathetic to all you bionic tuners, but my all time mega-record is six P-22s, all of which were 25 to 60 cents flat. If I recall correctly, I started around 10 am and finished around 10 pm (and ate two submarines). Terry Farrell </BLOCKQUOTE> If I recall, I did 18 one day, and then 12 or 13 the next, for a dealer in S= t. Louis who had rented a couple of rooms in the convention center for a big= sale. What made this even more difficult, is that I had one of my tuners he= lp, so I had to put a piano on a dolly, move it to another room, tune it, (m= ost of them were 20 - 40 cents low), and move it back. These were all Samick= consoles. The first day I started at 9 Am, and finished about 6. The only r= eason I quit at that time is because I had to go to a PTG meeting. The next = day I started at 10, and had to finish by 4, when the doors opened. Between = the two of us we tuned aobut 40 piano. Wim </HTML>