Hi Ron, One mans *abusive expense* is sometimes another man's belief in doing the *right* thing. I wish people would not become so perjoritive. At 08:15 AM 1/21/99 -0600, you wrote: > >> >>Having said the above, I have since been made aware that turnaround time >>in the US is slow compared to the UK for the replacement of the new >>strings. Therefor, it is a more common repair in the US than the UK. Of >>course what is looked at as standard in one country is tut tut in an >>other that's the beauty of this list it shows the other side of the >>coin. >> >>Barrie, > > >It's not just the turnaround time that's at issue in leaving a splice >permanently. The cost is a big factor too. The time spent installing a >universal string, chasing down a replacement, driving back, removing the >universal, installing the replacement (if it proves to be the correct size), >and doing whatever tricks are necessary to either mute, or make repeated >trips to touch up the tuning, is going to add up to a lot of time and an >abusive expense. Then you have to listen to their complaints that the new >string isn't as "mellow" (dead) as those around it. Most folks here are >quite satisfied if you can restore function without spending an unnecessary >amount of money and having a piano tuner move in with them to baby sit their >new string. I find it hard to imagine a tech who has the time to mess with >all these return trips, or the customer who is willing to pay for them. It >may offend the tender esthetic sensibilities of some folks, but it's quite >practical to splice and leave them permanently. How do you charge for all >the extra time and mileage involved? > > Ron > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts drose@dlcwest.com http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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