<HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Dave,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Yeah, that's what happens here.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>A.  Tune every 3 or 4 months, when Wisconsin weather messes up the 5ths and octaves at the tenor break.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>B.  I keep a tuning hammer and felt wedge at the piano for unison touchup as needed.  I also will do tuning practice on this piano, for example when there's an interesting tuning article in the journal, or on this list.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>C.  Last service, earlier this year: hammer filing, lube, touch up regulation, and touch up voicing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>D.  Next service: install DamppChaser, see A. above.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Mike</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com"></A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 12/2/2004 12:36:41 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> How often do you tune your piano?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Verdana size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12" BACK="#ffffff">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</FONT> </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>