<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 10, 2002 = 4:44 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wound trichords in = a spinet??? Does an ETD help?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> But on a nicer piano where the customer CAN play - I = want to say something about the false beats and badly matched bass unisons - = something like: "Hey dude, I just wanted to point out that your piano is the = pits, and these nasty noises coming out of it are NOT MY FAULT!" But somehow = that just does not seem right. <STRONG>Any bright ideas on how to handle that?<BR></STRONG><BR>Terry Farrell  <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Yes. Tune aurally. What = sounds good to you, will usually sound <U>great</U> to the client.With out opening = up that "old, worn out can of worms", it seems you are having to </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial size=2>justify the work = you have just done by condeming the tool (piano) your client probably has a lot of = faith in........all the while, the client is staring at a little box, with = spinning lights </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>wondering....well.. = "I<U>'m</U> listening".... He/She seems to be "watching". Whose right? = ..................It is much easier to say..even show..how you <U>listen</U> to their pride = and joy,  <FONT face=Arial size=2>rather than blame their = little pet. Then, when they say....."but these noises I'm hearing, <EM>and you know = it truly is a bunch of "nasty noises</EM>"....I am sure the task will be = <U>much</U> easier, and most </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>likely.......more profitable and satisfying.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>IMyadayada.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>Moffatt & = Sons Piano Atelier<BR>Calgary, Alberta - Canada<BR>Tel. 403 243-0385</FONT> <BR><A href="mailto:moffattr@cadvision.com">moffattr@cadvision.com</A></FONT>&= nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>