<HTML>Hi Wim: And tuning Samicks all days must have been really hard on the arms,wrists an= d shoulders.  The newer Samicks are sovery tight. My experience was to tune 14 pianos for a Church COnvention and I did it all= in one day.  About half were brand new and of varying brands. Very few= pitch raises, if I remember correctly (it was about 14 years ago) and I was= finished in about 9 hours with 15 minute break.  I don't think I was v= ery fussy about the top or the bottom octave and I did not hear any complain= ts about the tunings.  Got paid same day! Now isn't that a treat. Bob Bergantino, RPT Willoughby Hills, Ohio ps; been off the list for two months and got back just in time for the Ameri= go garbage.  Some muck is just so hard to flush...</HTML>