[pianotech] minimum service charge

[Thomas Cole]

Another way to anticipate the inevitable is to tie a string securely 
around a pencil and secure the other end to, e.g., a bass string by a 
tuning pin. The pencil is less likely to walk away from the piano, too.

Tom Cole

Marcel Carey wrote:
> What I like to do is theach them what to do BEFORE the pencil gets 
> into the action cavity. I show them how it happens. Usually the pencil 
> will get between the fall board and the stretcher; it's hard to get so 
> they drop the fall board and the pencil goes downhill in the piano. I 
> show them and then tell them to push on the fallboard while they bring 
> the pencil to either the left or right side so that when it's wedged 
> between their finger and the side it can be easily removed. I also ask 
> them to show their children. The customer is usually very glad to 
> learn how to prevent these things.
>
> Marcel Carey
>
> Sherbrooke, QC
>
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> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:50:50 -0600
> From: paul at bruesch.net
> To: ilvey at sbcglobal.net; pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] minimum service charge
>
> but only with the warning that they can scratch or get it wedged... 
> which, in my experience, usually results in "Oh, we'll just let you do 
> it." (or better or worse!)
>
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 4:46 PM, David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net 
> <mailto:ilvey at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>
>     That sounds like a plan...sometimes you can show them how to
>     remove the fallboard on  a Yamaha etc...
>      
>     David Ilvedson, RPT
>     Pacifica, CA 94044
>
>
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