ONE OF THOSE DAYS

[tom]

Jesse,

            Now there's some sage advice-Tell the customer that they are
essentially child abusers!

 I too can be frustrated with the instruments some kids are subjected to but
I choose to not insult the client.

 Either I inform them that the piano is not serviceable or get the thing to
pitch and the action good enough to support beginning play.

"This will be acceptable in the short run"--- followed by advice on the next
piano and it's relative cost. Often the client is unaware that a decent
piano is available in    the $3000.00 range.

            Tom Driscoll 

            Since 1953

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 6:44 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: ONE OF THOSE DAYS

 

    Wayne, from your unfortunate story, I don't know what the bigger P.O.S.
is - -the piano or the owner! In cases like this I tell the customer your
wasting your child's time with this piano and throwing the piano lesson
money out the window - -the child will never develop into a pianist on a
piano like this, and any good feeling for music that he/she has will be
snuffed out. I use an analogy: I tell them that when the child  reaches the
age for driving lessons, would you be content if the driving instructor
pulled up in an old, beat up Dodge Dart with 4 flat tires, smoke pouring out
of the exhaust, and an engine so worn that the car could go only 20 mph?
Would you reason that your child is only a beginner driver, and doesn't need
a real good car? As a last resort, I tell the customer that cruelty to
children is a crime, and that by making him/her play on such a piano, you're
guilty of it.

 

Jesse Gitnik

NYC

Since 1980





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