In-Piano Records Revisited

[Jeannie Grassi]

David & List
That's how I use the PTG Piano Service Record.  There is plenty of room to
write what was done (in abbreviated fashion, of course) and I refer to it
every time I return to the piano.  Should someone else follow behind me, I
hope it will be just as useful for them.  I appreciate knowing how many
pitch raises and how recently.
Many customers have commented on what a good idea it is (as if it was
something new) and they like  knowing where they can look to remember what
was done and when.  I think it is quite a professional way of doing it.  I
hate writing on someone else's piano.

Jeannie Grassi, RPT
jgrassi@silverlink.net
Bainbridge Island, WA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org
> [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of David ilvedson
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 1998 4:30 AM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: In-Piano Records Revisited
>
>
> Years ago when I bought my new IBM Wheelwriter
> typewriter...state of the art you know...I would have it
> serviced by IBM techs who used a little paper service record
> that they left in the typewriter.  The next guy was invaribly a
> different tech and he would always check the piece paper and add
> his scratch.  Thats what pianos need instead of the "graffiti",
> a written log in the piano not on piano parts.  It wouldn't
> likely get lost if attached inside of the piano.
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA
>
>
>
> > Date:          Sun, 05 Jul 1998 07:31:56 -0400
> > From:          Carl Root <rootfamily@erols.com>
> > To:            pianotech@ptg.org
> > Subject:       Re: In-Piano Records Revisited
> > Reply-to:      pianotech@ptg.org
>
> > Ron Nossaman wrote:
> > >
> > > Respectfully disagree. Anything you find in a piano that
> constitutes service
> > > history is potentially helpful.
> >
> > Good morning, Ron.
> >
> > I think a lot of technicians mistakenly believe that the piano owner
> > will use this information.  If not, why leave the card?
> Even with RH
> > data, pitch level, and date,  you still don't know how
> accurately the
> > piano was tuned, which is just as likely to be the reason the piano
> > needs to be corrected as typical (or atypical?) humidity changes.
> >
> > I like having records I can refer to.  That's why I bring a
> printout of
> > their recent service history with me.  It's more detailed and more
> > portable than anything I could scrawl on the keys.  The few
> times I've
> > seen extensive service history inside the piano, it was too
> long ago to
> > be of any use.  They called me and we're starting over.
> >
> > Fourteen cards!?  Now there's a puzzler.  The standard joke
> around here
> > is that we use the card stock to shim key slips, grand
> actions, etc.
> > :-)
> >
> >
> > "Kilroy was here . . . . . "
> >
> >
> > Carl
> >
> >
> >
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA
> ilvey@jps.net
>