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question for you is why didn't you just tune it at
+10."</EM></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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doesn't say what pitch he tuned the piano to - he may have left it ten cents
sharp.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=byronquam@shaw.ca href="mailto:byronquam@shaw.ca">Byron Quam</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:07
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: What would you do? Ethical
questions.</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=734535314-23052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
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question for you is why didn't you just tune it at +10. A new piano is always
going to go south so why help it? <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If a piano is between 440 and 444 I
just tune it where it is (after informing the customer). It'll be closer to
440 the next time I see it and it will be more stable the less the pitch is
altered. Also, it seems to me that a pitch correction downward is harder to do
and the result less stable than bringing a piano up to 440. But that may be
just me. ;-)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
piannaman@aol.com [mailto:piannaman@aol.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> May 23, 2006
7:10 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> What would you
do? Ethical questions.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV> Hi All,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Yesterday I got a call from a lady whose piano I tuned 2 months
ago. That appointment was the store-paid-for tuning on a
nice new small upright piano. Prior to that appointment, I'd misplaced
her on my schedule and was a no-show...embarassing, something I never do,
and we all hate it when it happens to us.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>She said that the piano was already out of tune after two months--not
surprising given the recent weather changes and the fact that it's a new
piano that was 10c # at the first appointment. We set up an
appointment, then she asked if this was paid for by the dealer. I said
no, tunings are not a warranty problem, pianos go out of tune, yada, yada,
yada. She asked how much. I quoted her my normal price.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>She didn't exactly blow, but she was not a happy camper. I
explained to her that I am an independent tech, and that I couldn't be
responsible for factors beyond my control, such as the newness of the piano
and the change of weather (from cold and wet to warm and dry). In the
end she said, "I'll find someone else!" End of conversation.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I thought about it, and tried to see it from her perspective. I
called her back and offered her a discounted rate--trying to placate her and
smooth things over. NO go. She still intended to call someone
else. End of conversation.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>So I'm tuning along on the morning's piano when the fact that I'd
missed our first appointment slapped me in the face. While not
responsible for the aforementioned factors, I WAS responsible for wasting a
couple of hours of her day on a prior occasion. I called
back and left her a message to the effect that I would be happy to come and
make up the time that I'd cost her that day. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I don't expect a call back from her--ever. The bridge is burned,
whatever trust there was is gone. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>What would you have done when faced with a phone call like the first
one? Stuck to your guns for the full price, offered a discount, or
come back for free?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>IN the end, I'm somewhere between feeling better because I did
everything I could to remedy things, and feeling like I caved in a big
way.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks in advance for any input</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dave Stahl<BR><BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano
Service<BR>650-224-3560<BR>dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<BR>http://dstahlpiano.net/<BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>