"The old school"

[Carl Meyer]

This thread reminds me of the thread awhile back about "old tuners never die"

Old tuners never die they just lose their "cents".  Sorry!!

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: "The old school"


> Hi Conrad,
> Or should I say, Mr. Hoffsomer?
> The woman, who told me that he always, said that, couldn't understand, why.
> As he always pounded a tune out before he left.
> Actually, the reason, you came up with, was the first one that came to my
> mind, as well.
> Regards,
> John
> 
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia.
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 2:58 PM
> Subject: Re: "The old school"
> 
> 
> > Mr Ross,
> >
> > At 14:23 04/25/2002 -0300, you wrote:
> > >Hi Jack,
> > >There was an old piano tuner here, who got me started in '75. He used to
> > >tell people, to wait 24 hours, before they played it, after he tuned. I
> > >asked him , why, and he said, he didn't know, why, but they had told him
> > >that when he was taught. He was taught in UK, possibly late teens, early
> > >1920's.
> > >This is the first time since then, I have heard the 24 hour rule
> > >mentioned. What is the 24 hour rule?
> >
> >
> >
> > Enough time to get to the bank and cash the check. ;-}
> >
> > Conrad Hoffsommer - mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu
> >
> > College: The place where you have three options--to sleep, to study, or to
> > party - but only get to pick two per semester.
> >
> >
> 
>