[pianotech] sf chronicle article

[Delwin D Fandrich]

Folks who "tune" the cars for extra performance.

Rather like what some of us do when redesigning and remanufacturing pianos.

The auto industry embraces the practice, the piano industry....

ddf 

| -----Original Message-----
| From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 
| [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Ilvedson
| Sent: June 28, 2009 8:44 PM
| To: pianotech at ptg.org; fg at floydgadd.com
| Subject: Re: [pianotech] sf chronicle article
| 
| I don't know what "the Tuner crowd" is suppose to mean...to 
| tell the truth.   I couldn't find anything in the article 
| leading up to the comment that would give me a hint...so 
| until more info comes my way, I'm going to believe he mean't 
| the piano tuner crowd...  '-]
| 
| David Ilvedson, RPT
| Pacifica, CA  94044
| 
| ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
| From: "Floyd Gadd" <fg at floydgadd.com>
| To: pianotech at ptg.org
| Received: 6/28/2009 7:46:41 PM
| Subject: Re: [pianotech] sf chronicle article
| 
| 
| >"...these differences aside, while driving these small cars I took 
| >notice that the art and design crowd embraces the Cube, the 
| Tuner crowd 
| >gravitates to the Scion...etc."
| 
| >Are we piano tuners a big enough crowd to attract the notice of an 
| >automobile reviewer?  Or was he using the term "Tuner" to designate 
| >something else?
| 
| >Floyd Gadd
| >Manitoba Chapter
|