---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On Thursday, April 18, 2002, at 07:08 AM, Clyde Hollinger wrote: > =A0 I think my worst case scenario was twelve torn strings, when it = ewas=20 > important to the family to have the piano tuned to pitch. > > So this leaves me with a dilemma on these old in-my-opinion nearly=20 > worthless pianos owned by young families with very limited resources.=A0= =20 > Do I simply take a "that's too bad, buddy" attitude and say it's got = to=20 > be the whole way up to pitch to please me?=A0 It's not just "to please you." You're trying to get the instrument to as=20= near as "to specs" as possible, and you don't need to feel guilty about=20= it. Ain't your fault the wire is brittle after 8 decades. I wasn't pleased when the "technician" at the "tires brakes etc"=20 establishment that I've done business with for over 20 years decided to=20= grind down my brake drums "just a bit" past specs, doubtless thinking he=20= was "saving me money" -- so my brakes completely froze up 3 weeks later,=20= trashing all the work that had been done, blowing out my day's schedule=20= while I had it towed back to the shop to have the "complete" job done. There's not much point in *offering* to do "incomplete service", like=20 maintaining an instrument considerably below pitch, etc. but somehow=20 many of us do sometimes "cave in" (the Little Old Lady with the=20 crumbling sheet music comes to mind; somehow it never occurs to me that=20= her house is probably worth over $700K). Oh well ... have a good day, Patrick Draine ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1524 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6c/5d/0d/14/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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