"Old School Teachings"

[Carl Meyer]

You are a mere infant!!!

Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
Santa Clara, California
cmpiano@attbi.com 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Bigeartb@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: "Old School Teachings"


> Hazen:
>      Good for you. I too raise the pitch on a great number of piano I tune 
> for the first time. In fact, today I raised the pitch on a Kimball 4' 
> something" baby grand in 12 minutes. I guess I lied the other day when I 
> stated I could raise the pitch in 10 minutes but I did stop and chat for a 
> minute or two with the customer in the middle of the pitch raise.  In most 
> cases I will not tune the piano if they want the pitch leveled out 1/2 step 
> below. I ain't happy  with a half _ _ _ job. I pasted up a job yesterday. The 
> customer wanted his piano tuned where it was.....1/2 step below pitch. I told 
> him it was like changing the oil in his car and not the filter. I just do not 
> want to do it the wrong way. Now if the piano is a piece of _ _ _ _  and will 
> not hold up to pitch then I will level it at the highest possible pitch. How 
> do I know the highest pitch. I pull it up and let it settle. By the way, I am 
> the OLD SCHOOL. I am almost 60 years old and have been at this...... over 30 
> years. 
> 
> Tommy Black
> Decatur, Ala.