<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4915.500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Terry, see what = happens when you don't belong to the Guild?  Fear is a product of ignorance, and = fear of breaking strings is just a variant of that law. I've heard of numerous = tuners who don't do big pitch raises; just bring it up over several tunings. I = always tune at 440, just get the thing up in one pass. Just Do It. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR>My question: Why is it that many "old = school" piano tuners "tune it where it lies". I can understand the old upright = worries (although I find they are usually not justified), but not a 30 year = old piano. I don't think human intelligence has gone up much since 50 years ago = (I can think of many examples - but this is not a political list!) - I can = only assume they were taught that way. Is that correct?<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>