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kam544@flash.net kam544@flash.net
Sun, 4 Nov 2001 15:44:06 -0600


>>... about 125 cents on a small console...
>>Warren Fischer

>...Anyone who has been playing a piano that grossly out
>of tune, is going to notice such an improvement, they
>are going to think you are a genius to get it sounding
>so good...
>John M. Ross

John, List,

While it's true they are going to notice something, it may not necessarily
be an improvement to their sense of hearing, and the last thing they will
praise you for is being a genius.

Case in point:
After a few months of ownership a customer reported they were unhappy with
her daughter's purchase of a spinet/console piano which was up to pitch, in
tune and given to her as a present.   The piano just didn't sound right.

So, took her to a dealer's showroom floor to select another piano.
Customer played on all the other small pianos and found exactly what she
wanted.  One that was over a 100 cents flat and out-of-tune.

Just like she remembered it should be from her days of growing up.

Keith McGavern
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA




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