<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: JIV-jumping into voicing</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE>  That said the goal is for an improved tone even if , in your own ea= rs, it's not perfect. People/clients who really have ears to hear will excep= t any improvement as a pleasure in the right direction. Truth be told there = are sooo many lousy sounding pianos in the field because no one is asking th= e questions you are or at least not bothering to stab a few needles etc to r= isk for something possibly great!  How I wish the bad habit of tune & run to the next tuning could b= e remedied.  It's not real customer service IMHO.   I think I just changed the topic. Oh My!   Dale Erwin </BLOCKQUOTE> Great words.  In 25 years of working on pianos in LA, with the last 10= or so years mostly dedicated to good and expensive grand pianos, the number= of pianos that had been maintained in any realm beyond tuning before I came= on them was, and is, miniscule....1 or 2 percent, literally.  What a j= oke. And a tragedy, really, for our profession.  All this talk, endless tal= k, about pianos, and service, and how to do this and that with pianos, and t= hen the harsh reality:  almost nobody’s actually doing it in good= grand pianos in LA. Why?  Because “tune & run”  i= s the easy money. A no-brainer.  The average guy here charges $100-120.=  Do six tune-and-runs a day, and you’re living large.  Do i= t five days a week, and it’s 3 grand a week, and baby’s g= ot a new pair o’ shoes. On the other hand, just shoot me now if that’s what I have to look fo= rward to: average clients, piano after piano in bad mechanical and tonal sha= pe, and propagating the paradigm of “I don’t give a rat’s = ass, so why should my clients?  Why should I educate them about tone an= d touch when it’ll just slow me down, make me work and acquire new ski= lls, work new muscles, and (the final nail in the coffin:) ‘anyway, none of my clients care or can hear or feel the difference.&= #8217;” What a crock of s**t.  Everybody can hear and feel the difference, inc= luding, first and foremost, YOU. Don’t be a sellout.  Learn how t work on pianos past the tuning,= and quit telling your self destuctive things, like nobody can hear or feel = the difference....quit being so dang negative. End of rant.  Thank you. David Andersen </BODY> </HTML>