[pianotech] Prepared frickin'piano and damaged bass strings (going OT)

[Ron Nossaman]

On 2/21/2013 6:46 AM, Ed Foote wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Nossaman
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> I wrote:>>If my school wanted to> burn a Steinway at each concert, and
> could afford it, would I quit? No,>
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>>>  Of course not, but it would surely break your heart that you
> couldn't soak them for repairs
> .Ron N
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> "Soak" ??  Oh what a master of the impugn you are, Ron.

Well, I was joking, but you did suggest charging overtime rates for the 
repair. Whatever that is, it sounded a lot like an intent to soak to me.


>  I can't
> imagine living in such a field of negative energy your posts so often
> display, but it must work for you.   Neither I, nor Vanderbilt, have
> ever considered what I do here as "soaking", which is just a slimy way
> of saying  "taking unfair advantage of".  This isn't happening in a
> vacuum, either.  There have been numerous attempts,by dealers and other
> techs, to offer a "better" service, and every one of them has flopped in
> the face of faculty critique.
>        After 34 years, the admin has told me that it appears my work, at
> whatever price, is a great bargain.

I have no doubt at all. My colleges have said similar to me and I'm not 
all that great.

Ron N