clothing

[Cliff Lesher]

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Tex,

While servicing a 1953 Acrosonic on Tuesday, I came across a pamphlet that
Baldwin apparently included with the piano.  In it there was section about
service, tuning and how to choose a technician.  The accompanying picture
(drawing) showed a tuner at someone's door wearing a double-breasted suit,
doffing a chapeau, and carrying what appeared to be a doctor's bag.

While times have changed, I don't think this image is terribly far off from
the impression a good piano technician should offer.  Call me a fuddy duddy,
but I wear dress pants, dress shirt, and tie.  I try to keep the shoes
shined.

After all, piano doctors still make house calls.

Cliff Lesher
Winfield, PA

From: Wimblees@AOL.COM
Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:10:06 EDT
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: clothing


In a message dated 6/20/02 4:43:36 PM Central Daylight Time,
grandrestorations@yahoo.com writes:


I wear a short sleeved work shirt
(happens to be light blue, other colors would
work) on which I had embroidered my first name
above one pocket and a grand piano with the
company name above the other pocket.


I see that others wear your name on the shirt, in some form or another. I am
sorry, but to me that brings our profession down to the level of a janitor,
plumber or auto mechanic. I can see the plastic name tag, used by doctors.
But anything embroidered on a shirt, to me, is "low class." We are supposed
to be high class people, invited into not only the home, but usually in the
best room of the home. I want to present myself as professionally as
possible, and an embroidered shirt just doesn't cut it.

Just my view 

Wim 



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