[pianotech] Tuner's marks/cards

[Michael Magness]

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Diane Hofstetter
<dianepianotuner at msn.com>wrote:

>
>
> I’ve never written anything in a piano either, but have often wondered why
> not.
>
> When we lived in California, I tuned at a conference center, which had
> purchased a number of pianos from a store in San Francisco. Those pianos
> were signed on the plate: A=440 by Peter Wolford. He had given me a lot of
> support on one of my piano related projects and it always made me feel good
> to see his name, when I sat down to tune.
>
> Another signature, I frequently saw, was that of a tuner, who was the
> father-in-law of the music minister, who hired my dad and I to work for his
> church. The brother-in-law followed in his father’s steps and became a
> tuner. When he died, we purchased his tools and I used many of them for
> another twenty-something years. Every time I saw the name E.Earl Parker (or
> usually the initials EEP) inside piano while tuning, I felt good, knowing
> the work was continuing on, and I was part of that.
>
> I have always read the signatures and dates, but never signed. We used to
> use a clear plastic envelope attached with double stick tape to the inside
> of our rental pianos, with a sheet we designed on the computer with
> specifics about the piano and places to write in the service we did and
> date. We did not put anything in the customer’s piano.
>
>
> The best thing I ever saw written inside a piano—with a giant Sharpie—were
> the words, scrawled all over the keybed; “I love you! I love you! I love
> you!” Some kind of interesting story behind that one!?!
>
> Diane Hofstetter



The only things I've written in pianos are notifications such as marking a
ply seperation with date/year at each end, marking loose pins(red marker) I
find it stands out better than chalk and is easily removed with rubbing
alcohol after being driven.
In other words notes to myself or whoever follows me to keep an eye on the
items marked.

Mike
-- 
I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
Steven Wright


Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
608-786-4404
www.IFixPianos.com
email mike at ifixpianos.com
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