[pianotech] work hazards - an honest man

[Ken & Pat Gerler]

I've learned that a long time ago. If I get into a piano that is "all over 
the place", I ask about it locations and environment since it was last 
serviced.

Ken Gerler
kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Truitt" <surfdog at metrocast.net>
To: <ruth at alliedpiano.com>; <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] work hazards - an honest man


> Jim, I hope you can admit to yourself when your are wrong, and say that 
> "the
> last guy who tuned it was NOT an idiot!"
>
> Will Truitt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Ruth Phillips
> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 6:41 PM
> To: 'Jim Busby'; pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: [pianotech] work hazards - an honest man
>
> Jim, you are an honest man!  Yes, sometimes it just happens.  My favorite
> line in
> my classes is, Ask Me How I Know.  I also agree with Mark Wisner that we
> have
> no way of knowing what occurred prior to our visit.  I'm enjoying all the
> wisdom
> coming from this topic.
> Ruth
>
> ruth at alliedpiano.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Busby [mailto:jim_busby at byu.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 11:44 AM
> To: ruth at alliedpiano.com; pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: RE: [pianotech] Simon & Garfunkel piano
>
> Brian,
>
> I agree with Ruth, and add this story. A couple of years ago I 
> tuned/prepped
> for a certain "high profile" performer. When the piano came in it was
> terrible! Specs everywhere, tuning all over the place. I complained to the
> driver that the last tech must be an idiot... He quietly told me that this
> was the piano I prepped three weeks earlier, but it had been sitting in 
> the
> truck since then (-10 degrees at one point) Sometimes it just happens.
>
> Jim
>
>
>