[pianotech] )O.T.-High & Outside

[Ron Nossaman]

On 10/28/2012 3:25 PM, tunerboy3 at comcast.net wrote:
> Oh, I have hundreds and hundreds of them installed.  But not everyone
> will install them.

Yep.


> The biggest problem I have after installation is finding someone
> willing to water their piano and continue to tune it as per
> recommendations.  Oh, they all start out with good intentions but
> after a certain amount of time, they seem to lose interest.  Not all
> but, many of them do.  So, the pads dry up, harden, become crusty and
> hard and no longer work.  I always install the smart heater bar for
> that reason.

If only we could install a smart client.


> It is extremely frustrating dealing with the mentality of who is
> going to take care of it and explaining over and over again why the
> piano continues to go out of tune when the thing is unplugged and/or
> empty and not working at all...

It's a lot like talking to techs on an internet list. Lots of Teflon, 
and nothing sticks.
Ron N