---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello Piannaman , I tuned for a cello pro in a local symphony and his=20= wife was the piano player at rehearsal times , The piano was a baldwin=20= Hamilton. She was an expert at everything and tried her hand at=20 tuning, She broke 47 strings through out the piano as she also said=20 she would replace the strings to her husband, She tried he first=20 string to replace and reported to the hospital as the steel wire cut her and went=20= through her hand, The call was reported as tuning and broken strings, She paid for her=20 mistakes big time. On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 12:18 AM, Piannaman@aol.com wrote: > Hi all, > > I sent a post a couple of weeks ago about going out to tune a piano=20 > for a gentleman who had attempted to tune his own instrument. =A0He = was=20 > actually a very nice guy, and played the piano quite well, and because=20= > he had a pretty muusical ear, he thought it would be a piece o' cake. > > I got a call back from him yesterday telling me what a great job I=20 > did, and how "in tune" the piano sounds. =A0That kind of phone call is=20= > always nice to get. =A0But it got me to thinking...was it because he = had=20 > attempted to achieve a good tuning on his own that he appreciated the=20= > work of a professional tuner? =A0 > > Maybe some of our less appreciative customers should be given a tuning=20= > hammer and allowed to try their luck. =A0Anybody else ever have this=20= > experience? > > Dave Stahl > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1474 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3b/64/b8/ef/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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