Question for tuner/techs who play.

[DIANE HOFSTETTER]

Tom Cole said:

>>Sometimes I'll play the piano after a tuning, especially if it's a
>nice grand, to see how the piano sounds and plays (voicing issues? 
>regulation issues?) and to "sell" the tuning, or in some cases to make up 
>for the protracted One-note Samba.

Actually, it's an ancient Chinese Love Song, called  "To Ning"   (Beautiful 
lady, that Ning)



>
>FRANCES HELMS wrote:
>
>>I have found that young children are sometimes delighted to play after I 
>>tune.  Not the best way to check or show off a tuning, but they enjoy it.  
>>They're usually more likely to do so if I ask them before, not after I 
>>play.


The way I play, they are more likely to do so IF I play first!  Just 
happened yesterday.  The little girl was hiding in her bedroom, refusing her 
mom's pleas to play.  I called in and asked  her if she would play for me if 
I played for her first?  Then I sat down and did my best possible rendition 
of a Bach's Minuet.

She raced out of her room and showed me up big time.  She was just great!

Diane