Great point. I always ask for permission and help. David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:13:54 -0400 Subject: Re: "should I stay or should I go?" >Hi, >Quite a few times I go to tune a piano, and it has been moved out to the >middle of the room. >They say they have never seen a piano tuned, and thought it had to be away >from the wall. >I always help them move it back before tuning, unless it is a hardwood >floor. >I NEVER move a piano that is on a hardwood floor, I let them move it, or >have it moved, anytime it has to come out. >One tuner I know, just moved one side out from the wall, to check for a >crack in the soundboard. He put a mark in their floor, it cost his insurance >company, over $3000, to repair it. >John M. Ross >Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada >jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 1:10 PM >Subject: RE: "should I stay or should I go?" >> >>> Along with quiet issues is the one about removing the >>>200 little knick-knacks that are carefully arranged on top of the piano. >>> >>> >>>David Love >> >> >> Good luck on that one. On the seventeenth tuning appointment, I still >> hear, "Oh yes, you'll need all that stuff off of the top, won't you?" >> >> Tuning is, unfortunately, categorically lumped in with other "service" >> work like carpet cleaning, explosive demolition, framing wall partitions, >> roofing, and poisoning the area to kill suspected or potential bugs. So >> they tend to schedule as many "service" jobs as possible at the same time >> for their convenience. If they can't find someone to run a Skill saw while >> you're there, they will be overcome with an irresistible need to clean >> something - noisily and with evil smells, if possible. At least it's >> sometimes entertaining as well as annoying. Did you ever watch someone's >> face through the glass as they wash windows? It's a lot like the faces >> people make feeding babies. >> >> Ron N >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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