I think the question is how best to retain useful records while incurring the least "damage," perceived or real. Whatever my interpretation of defacing, it may not align with my client's interpretation. What they say goes, as far as I'm concerned. That said, I generally take all but the most complete and recent records from other technicians with a healthy grain of salt. There really are no guarantees that the records are in any way complete, consistently kept, or not missing vital information, etc., etc. Certainly there is information we can gain, but I think whatever the previous technician wrote or didn't write is much less informative or useful than a running record of our own services. So, as the next tuner, I'm not THAT interested in what went on before. It's kind of like when Mrs. Jones says she had a technician out to tune just two months ago and wasn't happy. When I come to a piano under these circumstances, the only thing I can possibly know is that if the piano is spot on the previous tech did a fine job. If the piano is in any other state, I wouldn't presume to judge their work, having no real knowledge of the circumstances under which they worked. Same concept applies to these records of the past from other technicians. William R. Monroe On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:18 PM, James Grebe <jamesgrebe at charter.net> wrote: > I am not a fan of hiding my tuning record whether it be in the piano bench > or on the side of a key. What good is it to the next tuner who does not > know where your notes are. I used to glue them in but now just lay it on > top of the pin block on the plate if it is a grand or under a portion of a > lid hinge if it is a vertical. This is not defacing, it is a history record > for this piano.. > James Grebe > > > > Jer, I'm with you... my father always glued his business card inside, > usually up top of the pinblock on Uprights, and underneath the music rack on > Grands. I do the same. Mark the date, and keep adding to the card until I > have to add another. > > I'll put a second card on top the music rack on either style, but that's > for the customer to save or pitch. > > I'm proud of my work, and I'm interested in my service record, including > any particular notes I'll add. I'm guessing most other tuners would be > interested, too. Especially when the piano was last tuned ;-) > > Best Regards... Bill Fritz, StLouis > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100119/757cbe6a/attachment-0001.htm>
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