<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/15/2004 6:36:03 PM Central Standard Time, david@vanderpiano.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Does anyone keep track of this for the pianos you service?  For a <BR>scho= ol with many pianos, it would be easy to forget which pianos you <BR>tightene= d and which pianos still need tightening.  I am thinking of making <BR>= a list of all the pianos and each time I tune, picking an area and <BR>tightening all the screws in one area, such as tightening all case <BR>screws.  Then next time, I will see on the list that I need to tighten the <BR>action screws.  And eventually all the undercarriage screws would be <BR>tightened.  This would make sure that the work ge= ts done on every piano on <BR>a rotating basis.<BR><BR>Just rambling thoughts!  Have a nice day<BR><BR>David Vanderhoofven<BR>Registered P= iano Technician<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>David</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have a data base in File maker pro, on which I not only record every tuning I do to every piano, but there is also space to write down what extra work I do on each piano. Just before school starts in the fall, I check to see what I've done to each piano, and make notes on which pi= anos need additional work. Then throughout the year, I will schedule the addition= al maintenance, including tightening all the screws, on an as needed basis= . </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I realize I am in a different situation than you, in that I am employed= full time, and I don't have to keep track of my time on each piano, but it d= oes help me keep track of all the pianos in the department. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>