Had a great day today because of one client... Nothin' fancy just fixin' and learnin' Tuned an old Currier rental spinet that the customer had purchased... I thought the piano looked really clean... Her daughter bought it for her and she said, "sorry, it has a few scratches". To me the piano finish looked almost as if it could be new...I asked the lady what she did to it...Oh I just used a little "Old English". Never heard of it...it was dark walnut and she bought it in the grocery store. Of course I don't know what the piano looked like initially but when she got done with it, it looked wonderful...she said the stuff has been around since she was young...coulda been about 70 years ago. Anyone ever use it? Did the tuning and some light needle and brass brush voicing and she said, "It's wonderful", I didn't ever think it could sound like that...IMHO it really did sound good...Good sound, Good looks...She thought she had a new piano. I think a piano is like a painting, and many times everything can't be imporved at one sitting but with a little work, and I do mean just a little (extra effort) you can really make your customers happy by simply improving the tone quality of the instrument. Still learning a lot about what I don't know but going to Guild meetings and Conventions really helps. Anybody who's trying to learn the piano tuning/repair business absolutely needs to go to those meetings as often as possible. Just a good day... Thanks for listnen' Wayne R. Lutzow Lincoln, CA Associate, Sacramento Valley Tech PTG
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