Marshall We all have had an experience similar to yours. Some piano players seem to think that a piano stays in tune for ever, even music teachers. You might want to discuss the problem with the music teacher. Sometimes the problem is very minor, and it might take just a few minutes to make the the necessary corrections. I consider this part of doing business. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tue, Jan 10, 2012 11:37 am Subject: [pianotech] tuning stability or the piano Hi everyone, I tune pianos for two school districts, and the one is a new one I acquired this past fall. I tuned a Henry F Miller grand an oldie for their middle school back in December. I received a call that the piano sounded out of tune or the tuning was off. The secretary of course couldn't go into detail because this information was second hand. I didn't speak with the music teacher directly who brought this to her attention. So here's my dilema. I can go back and check it out and retune it if in fact it needs it, but the secretary informed me that they wouldn't pay for an additional tuning. So I either have to save my reputation and do it for nothing if in fact it needs a tuning, or tell them no I won't tune it for free. So has this hapened to anyone, a piano's tuning drifting in such a short time? Is it me or this old piano? How does one truly know who's at fault, and how do you convince a school that it's the piano and not me. I told the secretary that this is something unusual, and that I typically get compliments on how long my tunings stay. I have this overwhelming need to save my hide/reputation, and I feel worried that my career is being hurt. How do you guys handle this flood of emotional uncertainity when y our skills are being challenged? I know I was trained well. I know I pour a lot into every piano I tune. How can I be assured that it's the piano in this case? Thanks Marshall Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician Marshall's Piano Service pianotune05 at hotmail.com 215-510-9400 www.phillytuner.com Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind www.pianotuningschool.org Vancouver, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120110/39f6444e/attachment.htm>
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