One of those pleasant days

[James Grebe]

The last Currier spinets were very nice for what they were.  They had a 
Currier Cote finish that did very nicely.  Old English is polish with stain 
in it and it is handy to keep around in the shop for used pianos.
Jim
James Grebe
Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair
Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, piano benches, writing instruments
(314) 608-4137
WWW.JamesGrebe.com
1526 Raspberry Lane
Arnold, MO 63010
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ibetuner" <ibetuner@sbcglobal.net>
To: "PTG" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:00 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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