Les, Good advice! And, you don't live in Madison! Cheers, all! Horace At 05:24 PM 10/18/98 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, Lar: > >What a treat, reading one of your far too infrequent posts! Thanks. >To your always on the money advice, I would add the following: > >Whenever a tech goes to tune a player he hasn't tuned before, the >first thing to do is nothing--DON'T TOUCH IT! First ask the owner if >it is working. If he says no, you can proceed, but if he says yes, >INSIST that HE demonstrate it to you before you touch it. Many times, >when they say yes, they mean the last time it was played--which might have >been YEARS ago--and then, when they do try to demonstate it, it doesn't >work. In a situation like this, if you don't ask the owner to demonstrate >it first, he'll try it out AFTER you've tuned it and BLAME YOU FOR ITS NOT >WORKING. As Newton so wisely advises, CYA! Have the owner emonstrate the >player FIRST! > >Take care, Lar > >Respectfully, > >Les Smith >
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