Bob You're right. I do tell the customer " string Broke" or "String(s) can Break." I've been through that hassle before. Paul Chick ----- Original Message ----- From: <RptBob1@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 3:39 PM Subject: Re: Knabe grand > In a message dated 12/15/99 12:03:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, > tunenbww@clear.lakes.com writes: > > << > The first tuning I did 6 months ago I broke a string just above the break. > The piano has a very steep rise from the agraffs. Its at A440. I can't see > any reason for the problem. Is this typical of Knabe gran >> > > Paul: > This is better stated as:"a string broke". If you say "I broke a string" and > the customer hears that it will plant the seed in their brain that YOU broke > the string thru your actions or negligence. And we all know that is seldom > the case. Just a bit of transforming words to your advantage. > > Bob Bergantino, RPT >
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