<HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>This is just reviving an old discussion. Specifically: Where does the flatness go? (Flames were thrown willy-nilly at that time...)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>Susan Said: "My first private job for money involved raising the pitch of an old upright a perfect fourth ... nothing broke. I did it a semitone at a time. "</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is just reviving an old discussion. Specifically: Where does the flatness go? (Flames were thrown willy-nilly at that time...)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Does anyone reaaaaaaallllllllllly believe that tuning pins don't turn backwards over time?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Hosing Myself Down in Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </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=skline@peak.org href="mailto:skline@peak.org">Susan Kline</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 06/29/2005 11:48:11 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Never Been Tuned</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>At 11:18 AM 6/29/2005 -0400, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial size=2>I just made an appointment to tune a 1961 Wurly spinet that has never been tuned. The owners mother bought it new and she has the original receipt for $600. She says she knows for a fact that it has never been tuned.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT>Well, heck, Terry, I've tuned an upright to pitch where the owner knew for a fact it was last tuned in 1938. She was 85, and had owned it since before then. <BR><BR>My first private job for money involved raising the pitch of an old upright a perfect fourth ... nothing broke. I did it a semitone at a time. <BR><BR>That Wurly will think it's been sent back to the factory, or something. <grin> <BR><BR>Susan </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>