As the song goes, "But will they love us tomorrow." James Grebe R.P.T. from St. Louis pianoman@inlink.com "I am a better tuner now than ever before" ---------- > From: DGPEAKE <DGPEAKE@aol.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Last minute calls(OFF TOPIC) > Date: Tuesday, December 23, 1997 9:40 PM > > In a message dated 97-12-20 08:16:55 EST, you write: > > << i'm working today on one of those calls..woman called me..*I have a piano > that I want tuned for my Xmas Party on Saturday( today )..the original call > came in 3 weeks ago..so I scheduled her for this past Thursday..she admitted > over the phone that her piano hasn't been tuned in over 20 years and it has > been moved twice..so I prepared her for the good possibility that her piano > wil probably need to be pitch-corrected.. > > ...I get there Thursday, and the first thing I do is play A4..it's every bit > Aflat instead of A..i confirmed with the SAT..-122.4....*yes maam, it will > need to be pitch-corrected*.. > > ...then she says to me..*Mr.Bondi, a couple of these notes do not repond. > Could you check them out for me*..sure enough, the hammers are real sluggish > on return..I open it up to find it _missing_ its bridal strap..and upon > further investigation, found 23 more broken ones.. > > ...needless to say, it will NOT be a fun day today.. > > ...and I'll go on record as saying this..why are alot of these calls that I'm > receiving, these last-minute-I-need-it-done-yesterday calls involve Baldwin > Acrosonics..? > > > > Working six days a week, I am booked through Dec. 23rd and with company on > Christmas, that is it for "before Christmas tunings." Last Saturday my wife > took a call while I was working and a lady said she needed a tuning, a couple > hammers replaced, 3-4 strings broken, and must be done before Christmas! She > said, you looking at about $150-200 of work and taking about 1/2 day. When > can you do it? About the 2nd week in January. Click! > > Today she received at least a dozen calls to get the piano tuned before > Christmas! > > Isn't it nice to know we are popular? > > Food for thought. Merry Christmas! > > Dave Peake, RPT > Portland, OR > > > > > > > > > ----
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