--- MoodyPiano@AOL.COM wrote: > Dear List, > > I am a list lurker and enjoy reading posts in the > attempts of bettering my > ever growing knowledge of pianos, but I am not a > piano technician, rather I > work with 3 technicians. I thought that this post > might add a little levity > :-) > > A call came in today from a customer who had > something "very wrong" with one > of the notes on her piano. She had it tuned 2 weeks > ago and today one of the > notes started "acting funny". She was quite > displeased that her tuning > wouldn't hold for "at least a month" and wasn't > there some "warranty" that > we apply to tunings. Now for one out of whack note > our technician would go > out and take care of it but I also tried to take a > moment to explain how > weather and other factors can play a part in tuning > stability. My thought > was that maybe recent weather changes could have > been the problem. After a > brief "education" on how certain things can affect > the tuning, I told her > that our technician would call her back when he came > in. Upon the return > call she received from our technician she was asked > to play, over the phone, > the piano so our technician could understand what > her problem was. She > explained that she was a beginner player and was > trying to practice the > exercises her teacher had given her. So over the > phone she played her first > exercise (the first four notes of the C chord) C, D, > E, & F. This sounded > good, then she played her second exercise - F, G, A, > B. It was that "darn B > that had been giving her problem all day long!" So > at our technician's > request he had her play the B flat instead of B (F, > G, A, B flat). She > exclaimed, "That's how its supposed to sound!" She > had been bugged all day > that "her piano wasn't holding its tune" and all it > was was an inexperienced > player playing the wrong notes of an F chord. > > But of course, if something isn't right, its the > work of the technician :-) > > ~Lanie > _________________________________________________ > Moody Piano & Organ > Metro West Plaza (rear) > 796 Boston Post Road East > Marlborough, MA 01752 > > Phone 508-877-2222 or 508-229-3601 • Fax > 508-303-8996 > <A > HREF="mailto:MoodyPiano@aol.com">MoodyPiano@aol.com</A> > • <A > HREF="http://www.bushellcompanies.com">www.bushellcompanies.com</A> > > I had a similar call from a player piano customer. I had just tuned his piano and he called two days later to say that it was horribly out of tune. I went back there and found that he had fiddled with the player mechanism and knocked off some of the tubes. He had replaced them in the wrong order - so the piano was not out of tune but actually playing wrong notes! Some people! Bob. __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/
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