Ron Nossaman wrote: > > I don't like mysteries. For many years, I've cursed the people who refuse to > leave a permanent record of service in the pianos they tune. A piano > shouldn't have to be a "black box" with no information other than that which > is immediately observable. I don't give an eighteen-legged damn about who > owned it, slept in it, or played it, but I would like a SERVICE history of > the instrument. A loose piece of paper WILL be removed from the piano by the > first non-tech who lifts the lid, losing the service record for all time. I > request that the old business cards I find in pianos be left there for this > reason. I'm not threatened by the last tech(s) who tuned it. If I can't do > the job to their satisfaction, they SHOULD call someone else next time! > Isn't that how I got here this time? I log all tuning dates, temperature, > and relative humidity info on the KEYS, in INK. --big snip -- Does the owner of the piano get a vote on whether you write in their property or not? dave _______________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas _______________________________________________
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