There appears to be an age old habit amongst tuners to sign their name, date and pitch on the rear half of the key sticks. After a while it looks a real right mess if the piano is tuned every 6 months. Personally I just fix my calling card in the piano using just the teenzy weenziest bit of "Blue Tack"; it is sort of permanently temporary if you catch my drift. AF ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Fox" <sarah@graphic-fusion.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:55 PM Subject: Re: Stickers inside pianos > Hi Doug, > > Personally, I get a bit ticked when I see a tuner's adhesive sticker > plastered on/in a piano. Stickers are fine for furnaces and garbage > disposals, but we're talking about a piano. Stickers are tacky and are > less than respectful to the piano (and the owner), IMO. Of course that's > not as bad as tuners who scribble on nonreplaceable parts! (Piano > graffiti.) IMO, if you repair/replace it, you're entitled to leave your > mark on it. If all you do is turn pins, permanently branding the piano is > bad form. It's a bit like a dog marking a tree. > > I respet the tuners who leave business cards under the lids of uprights. > It shows respect for the pianos and their owners. But of course those > cards might wander. Perhaps a neater, more functional approach would be > to use some adhesive photograph corners -- the ones used in photo albums > and sometimes for archival framing. They're not expensive. Stick the > four corners very neatly in place atop the framing, underneath the lid, > and then insert a business card. When you return, you can just insert a > new business card with fresh date info, etc. If/when the owner decides to > move and/or get a different tuner/tech, you will have at least given that > person the respect of providing him/her a less tacky means for the NEXT > tuner/tech to leave his/her info behind. The owner can insist that the > new tuner/tech insert a business card, instead of plastering the piano > with yet another offensive sticker. > > Doing this would tell the piano owner you truly care about the piano AND > that you truly care about the presentation of your business. It's similar > to the Japanese custom of presenting business cards in an open palm, > correctly oriented towards the recipient, rather than flinging the card > haphazardly at the person. > > Just my opinion... > > Peace, > Sarah > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Renz Piano Tuning / Repair" <pianotuner@frontiernet.net> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:45 AM > Subject: Stickers inside pianos > > >> Do you know where you can buy, make stickers to place inside pianos that >> you service? I am looking for ones that will last. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Doug Renz >> Associate PTG >> pianotuner@frontiernet.net >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> > > >
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