<HTML>In a message dated 3/15/03 2:22:04 AM !!!First Boot!!!= , pryan2@the-beach.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Went to tune the piano in quest= ion, found it to be a 3 or 4 year old D.H.Baldwin 5' (or less) grand in good condition.  The temperament was = not a problem, but the unisons were extremely out-almost every third note.  T= hey were very noticeable.  The school told me the tuner tuned it in one-hal= f an hour the first time and when called back to correct it, angrily spend 20 minutes on it.  Can a piano be tuned in one-half an hour? (Not by me)&n= bsp; They were more interested in getting the piano sounding good again than punishing= the previous tuner, so we skipped the pointing of fingers.   I tun= ed the piano as best I could, made appointments to tune their other pianos  an= d hopefully gained a permanent customer. Phil Ryan </BLOCKQUOTE> Phil Yes, a piano can be tuned in a half an hour. I do it all the time. I think t= he problem is the return call. If I am called back within a week or so, beca= use the customer had a complaint about the tuning, I do so with a positive a= ttitude, not begrudgingly. I know I'm not perfect, and do sometimes get in a= hurry and miss a note. It sounds like this time, the previous tuner strip m= uted the piano, and forgot to tune the third string. Wim </HTML>