[pianotech] Tuner's marks/cards

[David Ilvedson]

"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!?!"

Obviously a note for the tuner.
I also see Peter Wolford's name in many pianos.   He used a Sharpie... '-[   I don't see any need for marks in pianos.   That being said I do find my own marks from long ago in pianos when I was a more impressionable lad...I've seen many pianos at my school with chalk marks...hard to read but very easy to erase...'-]   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Diane Hofstetter" <dianepianotuner at msn.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 1/20/2010 1:13:18 AM
Subject: [pianotech] Tuner's marks/cards




>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