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benzwm02

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Piano Tuning

on: June 20, 2011, 07:34:00 PM

Has anyone been upset at their piano tuner? I run a piano tuning company at https://pittsburgh-piano-tuning.com and just wondered.

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ionian_tinnear

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Re: Piano Tuning

Reply #1 on: June 23, 2011, 02:46:47 PM

It has happened, I'm sure!

A few years ago, my usual tuner/tech was unavailable for over a year, so I was forced to have someone else tune for me. This tuner arrived, tried the piano and commented on the way it sounded. I told him I liked this sound, but apparently he didn't, so he 'fixed' to his liking.

Was I upset? A little I suppose, but maybe he just wasn't good enough to tune it and keep the tone I liked. Tunings will sound different from tuner to tuner, it's an art I'm glad someone else does, it would drive me nuts (not a long trip any more). I had it retuned a couple months later by the tuner that maintained the piano my parents owned, and I learned on, and it was remarkable how good that sounded. Sadly that tuner wasn't often available in my area, then died a few years later.

Of course I never hired that tuner again, and have continued to this day with my usual tech (more than 30 yrs now) who will tune it however I ask him too.

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