<HTML>In a message dated 4/20/0= 3 6:30:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time, RNossaman@cox.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Home tunings of regular cli= ents with similar climate control and budgets get the same thing. First time customers get the pitch raise charge. I t= ry to do it as right as the situation allows, and always discuss it with th= e customer so we each know what is both expected, and provided. It doesn't= keep the pianos in optimal tune, but it helps keep the politics in check= . </BLOCKQUOTE> I try to keep the pianos at or close to 440, and only charge= for pitch raises when it's a new customer or if the piano has been neglecte= d.  After I give a brief explanation of what is required, I give the cu= stomer a copy of the PTG Bulletin "Pitch Raising" so they can read it on the= ir own time(especially new piano owners, who have been told by the salespers= on that it "might" need tuning after a year). I do not service many pianos with climate control in central CA; the wea= ther is pretty temperate.  Weather induced pitch changes seldom exceed = 3-5 cents.   Most of the pianos I tune regularly have no more than= 2-3 cent variation between summer and winter.  Unlike much of the coun= try, our pianos go sharp in the winter(rainy season) and flat(doesn't rain f= or 6 months, but seldom gets blisteringly hot) in the summer.  It's a v= ery piano friendly climate. My current living space up in the hills is a bit more problematic. &nbsp= ;I had a nice, stable studio piano delivered here in January, and within two= weeks, it had gone 12-15 cents sharp!  It gets a tad chilly and damp h= ere in the woods in winter--Dampp Chaser time! Dave Stahl</HTML>