"Old School Teachings" - Little Story & Confession

RptBob1@AOL.COM RptBob1@AOL.COM
Sun, 5 May 2002 14:41:15 EDT


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In a message dated 5/5/2002 5:19:33 PM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, 
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net writes:


> problem with doing this type of thing, even if the customer seems satisfied, 
> is that the quality of the tuning reflects on you to others who may hear 
> it.  Though you can't make a silk purse..., I do tend to think about the 
> quality of the product I leave behind and how it might reflect on my own 
> reputation.  If a customer wants to pay only a minimum charge, but you know 
> the piano will need more to even get it reasonably in tune, and it is 
> likely that you won't see this customer ever again--or at least for another 
> 10 years, then (even though I still take the job) I often wonder if it's 
> really worth it.
>  
> David Love 
> 
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> 
> Be certain to leave some kind of "notice" inside the piano for any future 
tuner servicing this piano.  Tell what you did and could not do because the 
customer did not want it.  You have then memorialized the piano for future 
tuners, tooners, or even yourself (in ten years+-).

Bob Bergantino,RPT
Cleveland, Ohio



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