[pianotech] Premium service

[Barbara Richmond]

I heard a technician claim that dirt attracted (or retained) moisture, so it should be cleaned up from where ever.  

Does it?  I dunno--but I wonder about those soundboards that have the layer of gunk stuck to the finish.  Personally, I like clean pianos and my customers seemed to be concerned about it.  Good match, I guess.  :-)

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> 
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:39:24 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Premium service 


Categorically, it's the same thing. Cosmetic only, without 
performance value. My customers tend to not want to waste 
technician rates on dusting. 
Ron N 



>> David Ilvedson wrote: 
>>> Cleaning is such an easy thing to offer and the customer 
>>> can easily relate to it. Yet, I come across so many pianos 
>>> whose previous techs did not vacuum...even around the 
>>> tuning pins on a grand...?