>...In reality these cases are extreme exceptions, The examples I cited are far from extreme. They are more common than one might like to accept or believe, certainly in the area I have serviced for many years. >the rule is rather I don't buy into the unsupportable cliché 'the rule is rather'. > that the young student becomes frustrated >and quits, due in no small part to the poor >function of the piano itself... >Richard Brekne... This is the *fundamental* concept of why piano service individuals exist. To help poor funtioning pianos function better, until circumstances clearly present themselves that this can no longer be done. I gave up being concerned for what someone else chooses to own, whether it be a piano, or a car, or a house, or whatever other piece of property. When I am called to tune and/or repair a piano, that is the mission to which I have been entrusted, not to make judgement calls regarding the material conditions of the customer's current life situation by suggesting they replace what they own, just because it doesn't measure up to any standards I might have established. If, on the other hand, I am unable to satisfy the customers needs for whatever reasons, and if the door opens of a 'what to do' from the customer, then I am at liberty to discuss alternatives. Keith McGavern Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA
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