Old English, was RE: One of those pleasant days

[Alan Barnard]

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Old English is good stuff but be very careful having it around kids and pets; it's deadly poisonous.

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri


> [Original Message]
> From: ibetuner <ibetuner@sbcglobal.net>
> To: PTG <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 05/24/2005 5:55:51 PM
> Subject: One of those pleasant days
>
> 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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