Dear List, Just Friday I tuned for a lady with an old Knight-Brinkerhoff upright. When I was there about 2 years ago the piano was shot: loose pins, severely wobbling hammers, etc. It was so bad that I didn't even save her 3X5 index card for my file and deleted her out of my computer.. Here she calls and makes a tuning appointment with me on last Friday. When I got there the house looked a little familiar. Same problems except worse. Nice house, nice neighborhood, nice lady, dead piano. I tuned it once again the best I could with pins that could not hold. I realized why I couldn't find her in my file of past customers. I went through the same litany as last time. Maam, you are wasting your money with lesson, and you are in danger of poisoning your kids musical future. I talked for about 10 minutes I'm sure saying the same things I told her last time. I realize now that I am not as good as a salesman (putting across a believable point) as I thought. I lost, she lost, her kid lost, but I am still $60 richer. oh well. James Grebe from St. Louis pianoman@inlink.com
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