---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment List, It's been a slow week for phone calls. Getting people to make appointments around tax time is like extracting wisdom teeth. April has traditionally been my slowest month, but I've kind of gotten used to it. What's aggravating is when a customer calls to say that the piano I tuned a couple of weeks ago doesn't sound "clear" according to her daughter and the piano teacher(who came the day after I tuned it). The piano is a Kohler and Campbell console, circa 60s-70s, with false strings throughout the treble. It had been tuned regularly, up to a year ago by a tuner who she thought did a great job, but whose card she "lost." I suspect other things transpired. The piano is right next to a door, and the weather has undergone big changes in the last couple of weeks. When I tuned it it was 20-50cents flat. Hmm, great tuner...tuned a year ago...next to a door...I should have begun the education process here. Instead I put my nose to the grindstone, did a pitch raise--which she somehow managed to talk me out of charging for (my first mistake!)--and as good a tuning as I could get into the piano given the time and instrument constraints. I agreed to go back and see if I can make the piano "sound better." I don't mind doing this ONCE if I can educate a customer in the process. Don't know if that will happen, because it seems that some people choose to remain ignorant. I hope this was the cork on a frustrating week... Thanks for being my wailing wall, Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/73/1c/b8/ef/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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