<HTML>In a message dated 4/19/03 10:40:51 AM Central Dayligh= t Time, ssclabr8@flash.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Whenever I usually get to the p= iano, it's usually out by 10 cents or so (I tune it once in the summer and o= nce in the winter).  I'm thinking of just floating the pitch at whereve= r the "A" happens to be.  That would save me the trouble of pitch raisi= ng and adding instability to the instrument (since it is so old and not in g= reat shape).   What are the thoughts on thi= s?  Am I, as a piano technician, not servicing the customer properly if= I don't always tune to A-440?  Is it wrong to "cut corners" in this ca= se even though the client would be oblivious to it all?   Thanks, Corte Swearingen<= FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY= ="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> </BLOCKQUOTE> If it's a swing of only 10 cents, more likely than not, you might have tuned= the piano on a "bad" day. Had you come when it was a little colder, or a li= ttle warmer, it might have been on pitch. I always to A440. There are some o= ut there that float pitch. If you come only twice a year, I would go for tun= ing it up to pitch. It is not going to take that much more effort on your pa= rt. Wim </HTML>