There are very many good Chinese pianos out there these days. James James Grebe Est. 1962 Piano Tuner-Technician Creator of Custom Caster Cups Creator of fine Writing Instruments www.grebepiano.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 (314) 608-4137 Become what you believe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net> To: "pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 10:05 AM Subject: [pianotech] Re Tuning Time > Les said: " use TuneLab, and guess at 3-cents I can learn to do it that > quickly. At > 10+I'll do it twice. Below about 20 I start in the last section, then go > through the whole piano twice. That's 2-3 passes and two hours, except for > those horrible Chinese pianos, and I've never seen one of those I can tune > in less than 2.5 hours.." > > les, etal, > Why don't you charge double for Chinese POSs like I do for Square > Grands. If you have to be subjected to those attrocities, then you should > be duly compensated, IMHO. (BTW, I refused to tune or work on any > Chinese Pianos. They are far worse than the worst Overdamper piano!) > Perhaps if we all did that, then perhaps people would stop buying > those pieces of crap..labeled as "Entry Level Pianos" What the hell is > that? Hopefully, some of the dealers and reps that lurk, will get the > idea! > Happy, (?), Monday > JOE > > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) > Captain, Tool Police > Squares R I
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