Deal...or No Deal?

[John Ross]

Is it actually possible to do a touchup, on someone else's tuning?

I don't believe it is.

So an answer might have been, I only do touchups, on my own tunings.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: reggaepass at aol.com 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:59 AM
  Subject: Re: Deal...or No Deal?


   A couple of thoughts on this and similar situations:

  1) WE determine what a piano needs, not the client.  How often have we all been told that a piano "only needs a few strings adjusted" or the like when it actually needs two passes?  The only thing that is certain is that if it is noticeably out of tune to the client in any way, it is probably far worse than they think (or hope).

  2) "If you give it away, who will pay for it?"  People tend to value what they pay for MORE than what they get for free.  I have learned this lesson all to many times early on both as a technician and as a musician.

  Cheers,

  Alan Eder R.P.T.


  -----Original Message-----



  He explained to me that they had a concert at the church a couple of days ago and the piano had been tuned for the concert.  They are having another concert this Saturday night and a couple of notes have slipped out of tune.   


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