Penny wise and pound foolish. Within 10 years they will have to replace the keyboards, send them to dump...BUT they didn't have to pay for tuning every year! David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Alan Forsyth <alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net> Received: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:26:42 -0000 Subject: Re: Bad Student Piano Insight >Tis a sign of the times, but I know several piano teachers who have gone >digital. Even the local blind school went digital (so much for insight). >Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh. >Merry Christmas everyone. >Alan Forsyth > and hoping your piano plays jingle bells and not jangle bells. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 4:49 PM >Subject: Re: Bad Student Piano Insight >> >>>The information I gave him about his piano was completely brand-new stuff >>>for him. >> >> As will be the revelation that piano techs aren't on salary (somewhere), >> aren't doing this as a hobby to relieve the boredom of the idle rich, and >> need to be compensated for time spent on the customers' behalf finding >> another piano, in order to eat. This all may seem incredible, but it's not >> remotely uncommon. >> >> >>>One question remains though: why hadn't her piano teacher of six years >>>said anything to the parents about the piano? >> >> Since when do piano teachers know any more about pianos than anyone else >> out there in consumerland? This could easily be brand new stuff to the >> teacher as well. I have a question. Do you tune the teacher's piano? If >> not, why doesn't the teacher's tuner tune this piano? Does the teacher >> HAVE a piano, and if so, is it EVER tuned? >> >> Ron N >> >> >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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