I don't agree at all with signing the plate on any grand. Not in plain sight! I'm with you there. Especially with a large black magic marker or RED. Something so obvious and ugly like I have seen many people use over the years. I hate the magnetic thingy too. Okay, now here is something I have not been telling you. I ask first . I wanted to see what everyone had to say before I mentioned that part of it Aren't I a stinker? I place a service sticker with the PTG logo, my name and my phone number underneath the music rack on grand's. On verticals, I place my service sticker on the pin block. Easy access. Again, asking prior to doing so, orrrrr, I write in small letters on the keys themselves. I don't necessarily ask permission for the key one Interesting to see the different feedback on it though. I can't count the number of times a customer called me because they looked at their own service record only to realize it had been twice as long as they had thought. Then, they thanked me for having placed it there for them for see. Try it, you might like it! :) Jer From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Gregor _ Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:34 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tuner's marks/cards Here in Germany it´s good custom to sign with a pencil on the keys. I write date, frequency (440 or 435 or whatever Hz) and my name. I never had a customer who complained. Most customers want me to sign. Gregor ------------------------------------------ piano technician - tuner - dealer Münster, Germany www.weldert.de _____ Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:30:13 +0000 From: piano57 at comcast.net To: pianotech at ptg.org 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 _____ Mit Windows 7 wird online alles noch schneller und einfacher! <http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M1001Win7> _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 100119-0, 01/19/2010 Tested on: 1/19/2010 4:35:04 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 ALWIL Software. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100119/e5dd28f9/attachment-0001.htm>
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