No, that's the trouble, they don't go off at the same time, they go off one by one - every couple minutes, another one goes off! No really big deal though. She has an old something-er-other worn-out grand that you can't really tune anyway. I'm not so sure the duckoos really hurt anything. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 10:02 PM Subject: Re: Professional identity Terry, have you discussed this with her? I would think that any "reasonable" person would not expect someone to tune musical instruments if they were all going off at the same time. Perhaps she doesn't know how easy it would be to temporarily disable them? Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: Farrell To: Pianotech Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 6:48 PM Subject: Re: Professional identity Tom wrote: "No homes with 87 cuckoo clocks all set at different times...." Do you have one of those also? My customer is a piano teacher and she has all the wall of her large studio lined with functioning cuckoo clocks, none of which is set to the right time. What a bear! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Driscoll" <tomtuner@attbi.com> To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 10:03 AM Subject: RE: Professional identity > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On > Behalf Of J Patrick Draine > Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 9:23 AM > To: Pianotech > Subject: Re: Professional identity > > > On Saturday, March 8, 2003, at 11:53 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote: > > > > > Last week, I once again tuned the piano for the folks that for years > > have looked at my pre-printed invoice and business card and made the > > check out to Rahn Nossaman. This year, it was made out to Tony > > Nossaman. > > I had a customer ask me "Did I spell your name correctly?" as he handed > me a check. The check was made out to "Tom Driscoll." > > > Patrick Draine > > Patrick > That must mean youve stolen one of my old customers.You must now > give me one of yours.----No grand spinets please -No homes with 87 > cuckoo clocks all set at different times--No ladies serving instant > coffee with skim milk---And no customers feeling the need to tell me > about the blind piano tuner who tuned Grandmas piano--you know the > grandma who was a concert pianist and whose piano was smashed up by her > brothers and father after she died ! Tom Driscoll > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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