You know the pianos are out of tune when....

[Mike Spalding]

Jesse,

No, not necessarily enemies.  They are among our most influential 
colleagues.  The music teacher's attitude about piano tuning can be 
multiplied by 50 or more students and their families, not to mention 
other teachers.  That's unbelievable leverage, and anything you can do 
with the teacher to make him/her want to apply that leverage in your 
favor is time and effort well-invested.

Mike

PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com wrote:
> Many times people accept horribly out-of-tune pianos because their 
> piano teachers are either tone deaf or just too "dull of intellect" to 
> think of recommending a good tuner/technician. Or maybe they reason 
> that if they recommend piano tuning, their student won't have enough 
> money left, after paying for the tuning, to keep taking piano lessons! 
> Truly, piano teachers are among our worst enemies.
>  
> Jesse Gitnik
> NYC
> Tech since 1980