[pianotech] Tuner's marks/cards

[David Ilvedson]

The only mark I leave in a piano is my FAC numbers in pencil.   I like the idea of a service record but the only way it will stay with the piano is if it doesn't have the tuner's logo on it.   I have been trying a little envelope stuck to the bottom of the music desk/grands and inside of music desk/uprights.   Inside is a generic service record, no logos and the customer knows about it.   All the writing...graffiti... on the plate etc. is unnecessary in my opinion.   Leaving biz cards is just fine, but they will go in the pocket of the next tech...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Mike Kurta" <mkurta1 at comcast.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 1/18/2010 5:35:15 AM
Subject: [pianotech] Tuner's marks/cards


>    When I worked in Syracuse, NY for 8 years, I found very few marks inside pianos, 
>and I was thought strange by other techs for thinking otherwise.  Their comment 
>was, "We consider it defacing the piano."  In a vertical, I would put the date and my 
>initials on a hidden part of a key, and in a grand, leave my card - which I'm sure was 
>replaced by the next technician.  Actually I left 3 cards, one in the piano, one in the 
>bench and one to the customer.  
>    Mike Kurta, RPT
>    Chicago chapter