[pianotech] Tuner's marks/cards

[David Ilvedson]

"BTW, the other day I heard one of the sleuths on The History Detectives use "which begs the question" in the way that means "which brings up the question."  I thought of you all and smiled..."

I smiled too...it's not just us dumb tuners.   I wonder if they got any emails...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Barbara Richmond" <piano57 at comcast.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 1/19/2010 5:30:13 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tuner's marks/cards


>I've never felt OK with writing anything on an instrument either (inside or out). I am 
>amazed at the chutzpah of tuners who have signed the plate on grand pianos! One 
>time I pulled off a huge sticker blocking the serial number on a C6. Another time, I 
>was working on an S&S B that had the previous tech's magnetic business card on the 
>plate--when the piano's owner saw it and thought it was glued to the piano, he was 
>really angry. 

>On the other hand, there was the time I was working on a vertical piano that 
>contained a lot of signatures on the keys, the customer saw it and insisted that I 
>sign it, too. I was contemplating the signatures on a Yamaha P2 that I fixed up (new 
>spring cords, repinned flanges, shaped hammers, regulated, etc.) and wondered 
>why those guys who signed the piano had never bothered to tighten the butt-plate 
>screws... And why is it some people level the white keys but sort of forget to do the 
>black keys?! Oops, I digress... 

>BTW, the other day I heard one of the sleuths on The History Detectives use "which 
>begs the question" in the way that means "which brings up the question." I thought 
>of you all and smiled... 

>Barbara Richmond, RPT 
>near Peoria, Illinois 


>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "William Monroe" <bill at a440piano.net> 
>To: pianotech at ptg.org 
>Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 9:20:46 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tuner's marks/cards 

>Yes, I'd have to agree that this is a better system for me than writing on pianos. I've 
>never felt OK writing anything on the instrument, even where "only I," will see it. 
>This keeps the record secured reasonably well, and definitely allows for enough 
>records. Certainly no system is perfect, but I like this idea. 

>William R. Monroe