David
To keep peace in the "family", at least look at the piano.?Then tactfully say their piano is no longer a functioning instrument.
Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
Author of
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com
-----Original Message-----
From: David Nereson <dnereson at 4dv.net>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 9:56 pm
Subject: turning down unwanted biz
??? How do you tell people you don't want to work on their old beater / junker / clunker without coming off as a piano snob, especially if the person who referred you has a piano you've been tuning for years?that's no better?? ("You worked on theirs, now all the sudden ours isn't good enough for ya?")
??? --veteran tuner, but still stymied by certain situations
??? --David Nereson, RPT
??? ?
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