<HTML>Hi,  I know of tuners in my area who do not raise pitch,for various reasons.One does'nt like to for fear of breaking strings,and does'nt want to carry strings,or go back and pull them up.The other does'nt I think,because it's a ploy to sell pianos for the company he's employed by,telling the customer it won't hold standard pitch.I have gained an incrediable amount of buisness, following this type of attitude,by these people.I pitch raised one today over a 100 cts.,with no problem,and the customer thought they had a new instrument. Hazen Bannister</HTML>