David: It is always nice to see glimpses of what is like to be on the other side of the pond. I understand that it is illegal for anyone in London to lay a brick unless they are a professional, unionized brick layer. I get the idea that you are looking for validation that what you are doing is OK. Well if it helps any, it’s OK with me! Sometimes I will service a piano and wish that it turned out differently. And I wonder what a “Big City” tuner might have done better. My solace is that I know I did the very best that I could and that I will probably do even better next time. Something that is very true, but does not make me feel any better, is that I am the only one that will ever notice these very small differences, that the piano was enormously better after I serviced it, and because of humidity swings the little bit of difference will be indiscernible in a couple of weeks. Something that keeps a proper perspective is remembering that the piano belongs to the CUSTOMER, not to me, and not to the ghost of an imagined authoritarian looking over my shoulder. I am providing a service to the CUSTOMER and the CUSTOMER decides if the service is satisfactory, no one else. Send the boojums packing, David. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:32 AM, <david at piano.plus.com> wrote: > I agree Rob. > > It has rather been the view of "official channels" in the UK however, that > if you are not tuning full-time you CANNOT tune adequately. > > Best, > > David. > -- Regards, Jeff Deutschle Please address replies to the List. Do not E-mail me privately. Thank
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