[CAUT] Piano Tuning Myths

[stranges at Oswego.EDU]

And about the same amount of depreciation from the piano showroom as the
car was from it's dealership!!

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> 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.
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> Keith Kopp
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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
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> On Jun 9, 2006, at 3:16 PM, Mark Cramer wrote:
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> (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! ;>)
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> By far, the hardest question for me to answer is when that customer
> asks, "so, how often should my piano be tuned?"
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> Every answer will be wrong.
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> Jeff
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> 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.
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> Jeff Tanner, RPT
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> University of South Carolina
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