Amen Sarah. Before I got into this business I had just bought a brand new 1098. I used to open it up and admire the beautiful insides - kinda like admiring the chrome on a Ferrari engine. The tuner came for our one free tuning and when done ALMOST attached his PTG sticker to the pinblock. I almost broke his arm stopping him - not really, but I was definitely fuming. My recommendation, if you want to use a sticker, is to at least ask before applying. Unless, of course, it is a 1948 Story & Clark spinet or some-such. Terry Farrell > Personally, I get a bit ticked when I see a tuner's adhesive sticker > plastered on/in a piano. Stickers are fine for furnaces and garbage > disposals, but we're talking about a piano. Stickers are tacky and are less > than respectful to the piano (and the owner), IMO. Of course that's not as > bad as tuners who scribble on nonreplaceable parts! (Piano graffiti.) IMO, > if you repair/replace it, you're entitled to leave your mark on it. If all > you do is turn pins, permanently branding the piano is bad form. It's a bit > like a dog marking a tree. > > I respet the tuners who leave business cards under the lids of uprights. It > shows respect for the pianos and their owners. But of course those cards > might wander. Perhaps a neater, more functional approach would be to use > some adhesive photograph corners -- the ones used in photo albums and > sometimes for archival framing. They're not expensive. Stick the four > corners very neatly in place atop the framing, underneath the lid, and then > insert a business card. When you return, you can just insert a new business > card with fresh date info, etc. If/when the owner decides to move and/or > get a different tuner/tech, you will have at least given that person the > respect of providing him/her a less tacky means for the NEXT tuner/tech to > leave his/her info behind. The owner can insist that the new tuner/tech > insert a business card, instead of plastering the piano with yet another > offensive sticker. > > Doing this would tell the piano owner you truly care about the piano AND > that you truly care about the presentation of your business. It's similar > to the Japanese custom of presenting business cards in an open palm, > correctly oriented towards the recipient, rather than flinging the card > haphazardly at the person. > > Just my opinion... > > Peace, > Sarah > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Renz Piano Tuning / Repair" <pianotuner@frontiernet.net> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:45 AM > Subject: Stickers inside pianos > > > > Do you know where you can buy, make stickers to place inside pianos that > > you service? I am looking for ones that will last. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Doug Renz > > Associate PTG > > pianotuner@frontiernet.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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