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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>I'm a practicing musician, so I tune it when the octaves or unisons =
start
to go.</DIV>
<DIV>Vinny</DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=deanmay@pianorebuilders.com
href="mailto:deanmay@pianorebuilders.com">Dean May</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 02, =
2004 4:50
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: How often do you =
tune your
piano?</DIV>
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12.0pt">For me
it is when I get tired of the kids complaining.
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[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: =
bold">On Behalf
Of </SPAN></B><A
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A><BR><B><SPAN
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2004 1:37
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: =
bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
How often do you tune your piano?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Hi
all, <BR><BR>A silly thread, perhaps, but I'm kind of curious about =
this.
<BR><BR>Do we all suffer from "the gardener's yard is full of weeds" =
syndrome?
Honestly, how often do you tune your OWN piano? Do you do =
it as
often as you recommend your clients do theirs? <BR><BR>And what other =
work
have you done on it in the last few "service calls?" <BR><BR>Since I =
asked the
questions, I'll give the first answers. <BR><BR>I tune my piano =
whenever the
killer octave starts sounding really nasty, usually ever 4 months or =
so(too
much climate change in my place, and the player--me--hammers on it =
kinda
hard). <BR><BR>Last "service call": <BR><BR>Touched up the =
regulation.
<BR><BR>Did a light sanding of hammers. <BR><BR>Teflonned knuckles.
<BR><BR>Repaired lyre that was coming unglued. <BR><BR>Dave
Stahl</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=black><SPAN
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