Aaaargh was and partly still is Piano History question

[Leslie Bartlett]

I tune for a large school district and they have virtually nothing budgeted
for "realistic" repairs.........
les bartlett 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 12:12 PM
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Subject: Re: Aaaargh was and partly still is Piano History question




>    All we had in our college was a tuner who didn't care much about 
> the practice pianos, and didn't listen to the students when he was 
> told how badly out of tune or regulation the instruments were.
> Vinny Samarco

I wouldn't be so quick to put that attitude on the tuner. I've tuned for a
number of colleges through the years, and NONE of them had a budget allowing
necessary maintenance on the pianos
- NONE, except for the usual three or more replacement strings on the old
Mason&Hamlin BB twice a year with it's scheduled tuning (just before the
major seasonal changes) in one place. 
After a round of the usual (only) tunings at this same college, the newly
hired fresh-out-of-school piano prof presented me with a detailed list of
regulation and voicing concerns, wild strings, dead basses, noisy pedals,
wobbly benches, etc, for the old practice room Gulbransen studios. I tallied
up a quick likely total for the first two pianos on her list, and extended
that to the rest. Pointing out that they already griped about the cost of
semi-annual tuning, I then offered to get started on this and any other
needed repair and rebuilding work, just as soon as she came up with someone
who would pay for it. Paying for it was something she apparently hadn't
considered. How much do you suppose got done after she looked into the
financing? I no longer tune for this institution, as they found someone $10
per piano cheaper, who would drive in for one at a time. If he also threw in
free regulation and repair work, the pianos might be in better shape than
when I last saw them. Somehow, I doubt it.
Ron N

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