Precisly what I have done. Works for me. More money, less tuning; Jon Page At 09:12 PM 6/30/98 +500, you wrote: > >On 1998-06-30 John Page said: >(in a message called Tool Update) > > >Tunings can get to be a bore and being able to service the piano > >mechanically is where the money is. You can tune and then comment > >how the action would respond better if these certain adjustments > >were made. >I am curious to know whether others on this list think there is more money >in tuning or repair? To be clearer, I am talking about the repair necessary >to take the piano to your shop to do it? Quite honestly, I would love it if >I never had to do anything more than simple repairs and had somebody, like >John, that didn't want to do tuning; we could trade work. I am not very >fast at the repairs, I do not have a shop, as such, > and don't really want one, I would >rather tune, do regulations, voicing, and simple repairs. The most I ever >want to bring home is an action. I use to think that if I had a shop, >I would only want to do major repairs to pianos that I owned, then sell >them, but I gather from comments on this list in the past that there is no >real money in that, either, if you consider your time as money. Comments? > >Arnold Schmidt, Raleigh, NC >Arnold1@Mindspring.com > >
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