Packrats-R-Us

[William Benjamin]

Conrad

You are like myself in that taking notes is one of the best safe guards we
have aginst being caught off guard.

William




PIANO BOUTIQUE
William Benjamin
Piano Tuner Extraordinaire
www.pianoboutique.biz
The tuner alone,
preserves the tone.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Conrad Hoffsommer
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:42 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Packrats-R-Us

Friends,

I think piano techs are genetically predisposed to be packrats. Some of us 
pick up waif pianos, etc. and bring them home in hopes of giving them a 
better/second/third life (guilty).  Stockpiles of used/strange parts and 
supplies are never far away, but it seems that some techs (not necessarily 
on this list) throw away customers from time to time in a culling process.

I just got a call from a customer, and I even vaguely remembered where she 
lived, etc.  Good thing I have an "oldnames" {a.k.a. - 
never-throw-anything-away-including-names} file.  Turns out I did a "free" 
tuning on a Yamaha P22 in June '95 and a second in March '96.  Saturday, I 
get to see if anybody's been there since...

Decennial customers may not bring in a bunch of money, but at least I'm 
prepared pschycologically prepped for what I may encounter and _every_ 
tuning is a donation to my vacation fund... ;-}}}}}



Conrad Hoffsommer

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.