Hmmm.... I think I get what you're saying Ryan, but I take a slightly different tack. I try to convey to my clients that I am 95% certain that results of any voicing (using the term VERY broadly here) I do, will be to their satisfaction. If it isn't, what's the point? In my practice, my first step is a very methodical conversation with the client, to find out what they like tonally. Once you know that, you have a pretty good idea whether or not their piano is capable of achieving that end. Defining the goals is of utmost importance to me. There will always be clients that are tough to satisfy, but I think if we're careful to get the client to really articulate what it is they are after, our success percentage goes very high. William R. Monroe On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> wrote: > I think its really important to let the person know there is no guarantee > that they will like the results of my work. I tell them that I can set the > piano up to conform to normal specifications, but, again, that doesn't > assure that they will like it. Musical instruments are so personal, and > people get used to how they feel and sound. > > > -- > Ryan Sowers, RPT > Puget Sound Chapter > Olympia, WA > www.pianova.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090628/7bfde3c4/attachment.htm>
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