This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment David, don't go all wobbly on us now, buddy. You just got an overly = sensitive "artist" , and by the way, I agree perfectly with Wim's = assessment, and I'm sure the piano sounded just wonderful. If they = wouldn't let you work with the performer to bring it back to something = that would have made them happy, then they're just "nuts", and I = wouldn't worry about it too much.=20 I recently got a service order to set up a new Disklavier C2 in = North Scottsdale. (Think Beverly Hills). It seems that these people = demanded that the piano be delivered in the box. They just didn't want = any piano that had been on the floor, and they didn't want to come down = to the shop and watch it being uncrated, I guess. So I go up there, it's = about an hour drive, and the lady of the house comes out to greet me, = from the garage. She asks me if I can take off my shoes in the garage, = and I say "of course". She's not oriental, but if she wants me to leave = my shoes in the garage, no problem. When I walk into the house, it's all = tile. I'm starting to think; "what, I'm going to get her tile dirty?" I get to the piano, and go to put my tool cases down on the tile, = and she says, "You can't put your cases on my floor, I don't know where = they've been." (OOhhh, starting to get scary here, says I. ) I also = have a nice table that I use to go over the regulation on, and I guess = the rubber casters are not Kosher either.=20 I usually have a cut down moving pad that I carry with me, but = today, I'm driving my Tacoma truck, so she finds some construction paper = and I put that down. I took the case parts off the piano, and go to put = them on the carpet in the sunken lower living room, and she says; "Don't = put that there, you'll leave dents in the carpet." Well, at least I = don't have to worry about her coming at me with an ax, she'd get blood = everywhere! So, finally we have it all worked out, I'm going over the action = regulation, pitch raising, seating strings, doing software updates, = calibrating the disklavier,,,,etc. etc. etc.=20 I finally get all done, I just want to go over the tuning once more, = and do a little voicing; it's a lively room, what with all that tile and = all those windows, but you know, after an hour drive and 3 1/2 hours of = working on her piano, I've got to get rid of some of that coffee that I = had on the way to the job. So I ask her, "May I please use a restroom?" = I can tell you, I've never felt such a sense of shock as when she = told me; "No, because then I would have to clean it, there's a = construction site about seven or eight lots down, and I think that I saw = one of those portable bathrooms down there." So I said, never mind, I'll = be done here in a couple of minutes. Finished a quick final tuning and = got the heck outta there. I would have been glad to have voiced it, but = you know, if you're that rude, too bad.=20 I realize your experience was totally different, and that you're = taking it as a personal affront to your abilities, but from what I've = read, you seem to have more than enough confidence and knowledge to = succeed in whatever you do. Hey, we deal with people all the time, some = people go through a lot of techs mostly because they can't find anyone = who can put up with them.=20 I hesitate to put my name to this, but I am Kevin E. Ramsey ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b2/15/7f/91/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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