<HTML><HTML>In a message dated 2/19/05 2:36:03 = PM Pacific Standard Time, terry@farrellpiano.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Do you do all these 440 tunings= out of the goodness of your heart or charge for the pitch raise, follow up = tunings, broken strings etc. cause most poeple dont want any extra expenses.= ..just so we can play it syndrome. </BLOCKQUOTE> Greetings,             &nbs= p;  I tune every piano that is possible to tune at A440 to A440; by pos= sible to tune at A440, I mean within 2-3 cents of A440. If a piano is below = that, I inform the customer that it is flat and explain that I can either tu= ne the piano where it is or it will need to be pulled up ...a pitch raise pa= ss to get it to A440. Then I charge accordingly. Some pianos require a tunin= g with a second pass in the midrange; some take one full pass plus a second = pass in the midrange then tune...still yet others will require 2 full passes= then tune and some even require 2 passes and a 3rd pass in the midrange and= then tune. It depends; depends on what the customer wants. Julia, Reading, PA     </HTML>