---------- > From: Jon Page <jpage@capecod.net> > To: pianotech@byu.edu > Subject: Re: Marks inside pianos > Date: Tuesday, March 25, 1997 7:23 AM > Dear Jon, I totally disagree with you on this. True, the owner doesn't usually look at this record but the tuner certainly does. As long as I am servicing the piano it backs up my records back in the shop. I f another tuner takes over he has an independent record ,(not from the owner) of when the last tuning was done and the pitch level before and after the tuning. I t certainly is NOT graffiti. I t is very important and these records are very important and not irrelevant and history is still important. History determines the future and can be a guide as to what to expect from the piano owner. As far as putting something in the bench, my feelings are that I do not look in peoples benches, just as I do not open their drawers. The most obvious place for pertinent information is under the lid on the pinblock. Regards, James Grebe from St. Louis pianoman@inlink.com > These day to day servicings are irrelevent in the overall scheme of things. > Tuning archival history is useless. Regular maintenance is important. > Scribing dates on the keys is no reminder, how many owners take the > piano apart to see when the last tuning was. A card in the bench is adequite. > It is not so important as to when it was tuned, but will it stay in tune. > > Writing mundane servicing only trashes the action. A descrete notation > on a hammer moulding can reference a replacement date. > > Record keeping should be kept on a seperate piece of paper and left > under the lid of an upright or in your files. > > To close, you have no right to place graffitti in someone's piano. > Jon Page > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > note: please place replies at the top of the post, scrolling wastes time. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > At 07:40 PM 3/24/97 -0600, you wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >I used to be very careful not to make any permenant marks inside a > >piano--until I found that the first thing most dealers in my area do is > >remove service record stickers. > > > >I feel that the tuning and repair history which is sometimes several > >lifetimes is valueable to me as a tuner and of interest to future owners. So > >I now careful use a pen on the keys to record the history. > > > >>They peer into the piano, examine the scrawled notation, and say "Wow! > >>Look at that! Isn't that interesting!" They see it as a bit of history > >>that adds color to the instrument. > >> > >>Oh well. It's not my piano. > >> > >> > >>BTW, I think your oil change analogy is perfect, provided that the > >>inscription is under the hood. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Myler, Tom > > Jon Page > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >
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