Hi Ric, Great post! Says it all. Thanks. Marshall -------------- Original message -------------- From: Ric Brekne <ricbrek at broadpark.no> > A typical chest beater post to be sure, and Alans reply is at least one > exception to the rule as these threads go. Lets face it folks... its > not about customers being right or wrong, or about tuners not getting it > right or the rest of it... in fact its not a big deal at all. It just > boils down to... you cant win em all. > > Now some of ya'll can get up on your haunches and try and tell the > customer you know the one and only real truth, and that if they (the > customers) would only listen to you and forget about all the other > jokels they've been through before who only were their to rip off their > money anyways then all will be ok regardless of whether the customer > turns out happy or not... and you may even convince yourself you are > doing a service to someone (or thing) or another.... but me thinks you > are kidding yourself if you do. > > Just do your best... your very best to tune well and treat with the > customer well, and dont worry about it. Most often you'll have no > problems... and those times you do are.... well ... unavoidable. Let > the next guy try and please those you cant, and just keep on improving. > In the end its not the <> who is a cause for worry.... its not > even those other <> playing piano politics in all its variants. > The only person you have to worry about is yourself. Take care of your > learning curve and stay a nice person. You will succeed if you do. > > Cheers > RicB > > > > AB writes: > > One word of caution: I worked very hard to clean up a really lousy, > noisy treble on a Baldwin console. The lady called me back, unsatisfied. > (Pleased to say it's a very rare event.) I went back and it sounded aok > to me. She claims I killed the tone of her piano and ruined the sound. > Hasn't had me back, either. > > Some times, we can be too smart by half. Maybe we shouldn't be afraid to > interview the clients more thoroughly as to their preferences, what they > hear, what bugs them, etc., rather than just tuning the piano the way we > like it. > > Alan Barnard > Thinking out loud in Salem, MO > > > > Salem, Missouri > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060314/646f31cc/attachment.html
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