<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>It does seem to me if you are having those= big seasonal swings your pianos need a damp-chaser...?  I= don't have that problem here in the Bay Area...<BR><BR>David= Ilvedson<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: Richard Oliver Snelson= <RSNELSON0984@MCHSI.COM><BR>To: Pianotech= <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:00:19= -0600<BR>Subject: Re: One more tuning question...<BR><BR> <DIV align=left>Julia, </DIV> <DIV>I would ask you this question. Let's assume you end your= tuning with the piano on A=440. Tomorrow the weather changes a= bit and the humidity goes up. Where is you tuning at the end of= the day or the third day after you tuned? If you are aware of= season changes and how they will affect the piano it is= only good practice in my opinion to "float" the pitch in some= cases. For example leave it slightly low if you know it's going= to go sharp in a few weeks. Over all the customer ends up with a= piano that's closer to A=440 for a longer time. I'm sure there= maybe a few customers, performers, even tuners, that can= tell the piano is not A=440, most can not without a fork, tone,= ETD. I weekly find fine artists  playing with a 20 cent= flat or sharp piano and not having the least idea it sharp or= flat. There is no reason you can't explain what you are= doing to the customer and why it will keep the piano= closer to 440. </DIV> <DIV>The pianos that I tune on a two month basis I will end= the tunings at A=440 during the same season.  Unless= I'm tuning just before the heat come on or summer and the air is= about to start, then I will think of allowing a small= amount of pitch "Float".  Rich</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT:= 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----= </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color:= black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Alpha88x@aol.com= href="mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com">Alpha88x@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> Friday, February 18,= 2005 8:36 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> One more tuning= question...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial= size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Greetings,= <BR><BR>         &n= bsp;  Is one way of doing business for some tuners to just= tune the piano "where it is"? In other words, they check the A= and if its close enough (or even if its not close to 440 ) just= tune the piano so that it is in tune with= itself???<BR><BR>       &nbsp= ;   And even going further, If they have a regular= client, such as a church, to do the above mentioned thing,= cleaning up unisons (so as to do a "bang-up" tuning) and then,= on every 4th tuning or so pull it back up to A440 or alittle= above, so they are set up to repeat the whole process, thereby= saving themselves some time on intermittent tunings, yet leaving= the customer believing that they are receiving an A440 tuning= each and every time...when they aren't receiving a true tuning= (as far as proper pitch goes) each and every= time??<BR><BR>        &n= bsp;   Not that I would do such a thing in my practice.= I do not condone it either. I think it is dishonest. My question= is do some tooners do this?? is it possible?= <BR>    <BR><BR>Julia <BR>Reading,= PA<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>