Customer Repairs I've Seen and some awful repairs by tech??

[David ilvedson]

Anyone can hang out a shingle and declare themselves a 
piano tuner in the U.S.  It can be a problem.

David I.

Date sent:      	Sat, 29 May 1999 12:48:31 +0100
To:             	pianotech@ptg.org
From:           	Barrie Heaton <Piano@forte.airtime.co.uk>
Subject:        	Re: Customer Repairs I've Seen and some awful repairs by tech??
Send reply to:  	pianotech@ptg.org

> In article <33be8d3c.2480b377@aol.com>, PIANO2NR@AOL.COM writes
> >I was called to fix a piano the lady had said was repaired by another tech 
> >three times and still wasn't working. S&C spinet with center pins falling out 
> >of the hammer flanges.  Instead of repinning, this guy had attached 
> >straightened paper clips to the hammer rail to act as guide rails between the 
> >hammer shanks. The bad thing is this guy is an associate member of our 
> >chapter.  I have seen and heard of lots other shoddy work by this guy. The 
> >stickers he leaves in pianos say he is a guild member, that's it.  No mention 
> >of being an associate I also mentioned it to our chapter president.  What is 
> >involved in getting an incompetent tech removed from our midst?
> >
> >Randy Mangus,RPT
> >
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> Is this not obtaining money by deception saying he is something  that he
> is not. It would be in he UK. 
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> In the UK you can not say or imply you are member of a body if your are
> not it is against the Law,  "Trading Standards" Very effective.  
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David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@jps.net