That's not very fair, Wim. David is matching whatever Ron comes up with. Ron was a little over the top with his caster analogy. Perhaps they should both tone it down, but if you are going to call one out be sure to include the other. True they are both cosmetic. But so is spending hours and hours prepping a cabinet surface to get it perfectly flat and hand rubbing out the finish. It's just cosmetic, but it's what people want. And my customers do not know how to clean under the strings or in the pins, even though I've repeatedly shown them. So they pay me. And I feel good. :-) Dean Dean W May (812) 235-5272 PianoRebuilders.com (888) DEAN-MAY Terre Haute IN 47802 _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of wimblees at aol.com Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:32 PM To: ilvey at sbcglobal.net; pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Premium service Oh, I get it. You tell the customer you're doing something technical, non-functioning key repair when you remove a pencil, paper clip. Yeah, removing stuff isn't cleaning. Do you do debri removal of mouse turds with your fingers? David Ilvedson, RPT David You are bringing some very good points to the surface, but can you please take the sarcasm and degrading tone out of your message? It will come across much better. In other words, be civil, please. Wim -----Original Message----- From: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 11:27 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] Premium service Oh, I get it. You tell the customer you're doing something technical, non-functioning key repair when you remove a pencil, paper clip. Yeah, removing stuff isn't cleaning. Do you do debri removal of mouse turds with your fingers? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 3/10/2010 1:09:05 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Premium service >David Ilvedson wrote: >> Stuff in pianos isn't just dust, so you can quit with the >> dust. It is a build up of misc. things that ends up with >> a sticking key or whatever which does impact the >> performance of that piano. Cleaning every service will >> remove the paper clips, etc...no, it won't protect against >> the pencil dropped between service. >I'm beginning to understand. I wouldn't have ever thought to >call clearing out paper clips, pencils, or other such detritus >"cleaning". That sort of thing is just everyday survival >service stuff, not requiring a vacuum. >Everyone's talking about something different. >Ron N -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100310/125851ab/attachment.htm>
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