<HTML><HTML>In a message dated 11/12/2004 8:37:= 42 AM Eastern Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Why? Example: piano is 150 cent= s flat. I would do two pitch raises, getting up to A440. Then I would give i= t a tuning. I would also explain to the owner that the tuning will not be as= stable as a tuning on a typical piano that had been tuned on a regular basi= s. However, after a couple regular tunings, their piano should achieve relat= ive stability.   Terry Farrell </BLOCKQUOTE> Greetings,           The customer only car= es about the piano sounding musical. Do they really care if the tuning is sa= tble? Prob not. Can a tuning sound good and yet not be stable?           When you say stable t= uning, do you mean the best-est sounding tuning of all three passes? (2 pitc= h raise passes then the tuning)           In other words, if yo= u do 2 passes then fine tune it at the first apppointment, it will probably = sound musical; and if you tune it again say.. a week to 2 months later, then= that will be an even better, more musical tuning...right?           I find that they soun= d better on the second appointment. Julia Reading, PA</HTML>