<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space;-khtml-line-break: after-white-space'> <div class=Section1> When customers ask me how soon will the piano go out of tune I ask them how soon does your car start to run out of gas when you pull out of the service station. How soon should you tune it your piano, how soon should you gas your car? Have fun with that one.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Keith Kopp</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p> B.Y.U<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Tanner Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 2:17 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> Subject: [CAUT] Piano Tuning Myths<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div> On Jun 9, 2006, at 3:16 PM, Mark Cramer wrote:<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p></o:p> (I used to think piano owners/sales persons were the biggest perpetrators of "piano-tuning myths,” but you might be surprised at the fanciful notions some of “us” have cultivated… myself included!? Yipes! ;>)<O:P style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P><o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Of course!  It makes more sense that the myths we fight today were creations of our own predecessors in the name of competition.  Why else would anyone have been led to believe that a piano will remain in tune at least 6 months, or longer?<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> And, yet, today, wise technicians, like yourself, understand that, because of these myths, you can't tell customers what the real truths are, lest you open the door for your customer to question your competence and/or business ethics.  Because the myths are more believable than the truth.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> By far, the hardest question for me to answer is when that customer asks, "so, how often should my piano be tuned?"  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> Every answer will be wrong.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> Jeff<o:p></o:p> </div> P.S. The second hardest question to answer is "what time of year is best to have my piano tuned?"  Around  here, everyone is always waiting for the weather to settle.  It never does.<o:p></o:p> <div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div> Jeff Tanner, RPT<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">South Carolina</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>