[CAUT] Piano Tuning Myths

[Keith Kopp]

When customers ask me how soon will the piano go out of tune I ask them
how soon does your car start to run out of gas when you pull out of the
service station. How soon should you tune it your piano, how soon should
you gas your car? Have fun with that one.

 

Keith Kopp

B.Y.U

 

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Jeff Tanner
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 2:17 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: [CAUT] Piano Tuning Myths

 

 

On Jun 9, 2006, at 3:16 PM, Mark Cramer wrote:





(I used to think piano owners/sales persons were the biggest
perpetrators of "piano-tuning myths," but you might be surprised at the
fanciful notions some of "us" have cultivated... myself included!?
Yipes! ;>)





 

Of course!  It makes more sense that the myths we fight today were
creations of our own predecessors in the name of competition.  Why else
would anyone have been led to believe that a piano will remain in tune
at least 6 months, or longer?

 

And, yet, today, wise technicians, like yourself, understand that,
because of these myths, you can't tell customers what the real truths
are, lest you open the door for your customer to question your
competence and/or business ethics.  Because the myths are more
believable than the truth.

 

By far, the hardest question for me to answer is when that customer
asks, "so, how often should my piano be tuned?"  

 

Every answer will be wrong.

 

Jeff


P.S. The second hardest question to answer is "what time of year is best
to have my piano tuned?"  Around  here, everyone is always waiting for
the weather to settle.  It never does.

 

Jeff Tanner, RPT

University of South Carolina

 





 

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