<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>I have had a customer tell me, that now they had a new piano, the free store tuning, was the last one they would need for a while. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>They said their old one, was always going out of tune, and that was why they bought a new piano.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>When I pointed out to them, that the new piano would need more frequent tuning for the first couple of years, they got mad at me.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>They never called me back, and that was 20 years ago.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:piannaman@aol.com">piannaman@aol.com</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> Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:46 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: You know the pianos are out of tune when...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Wow, Conrad, you live in a different neck o' d woods for sure.  The only pianos I get that go that far south are brand new ones owned by customers that have been de-educated by salesfolk to think that one tuning a year is adequate for their new investment(..and I've been blamed more than once for a new piano not holding its tune).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Are your victims oldies or new pianners?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Young Fang....I kinda like the sound of that.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<BR>dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<BR>http://dstahlpiano.net/<BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: hoffsoco@luther.edu<BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 2:19 AM<BR>Subject: You know the pianos are out of tune when...<BR><BR> <STYLE>.AOLPlainTextBody { FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff } .AOLPlainTextBody PRE { FONT-SIZE: 9pt } .AOLInlineAttachment { MARGIN: 10px } .AOLAttachmentHeader { BORDER-RIGHT: #7da8d4 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #7da8d4 1px solid; BACKGROUND: #f9f9f9; FONT: 11px arial; BORDER-LEFT: #7da8d4 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #7da8d4 1px solid } .AOLAttachmentHeader .Title { PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; BACKGROUND: #b5ddfa; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; FONT: 11px arial; PADDING-TOP: 3px } .AOLAttachmentHeader .FieldLabel { PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 9px; BACKGROUND: #f9f9f9; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; FONT: 11px arial; COLOR: #000000; PADDING-TOP: 1px } .AOLAttachmentHeader .FieldValue { BACKGROUND: #f9f9f9; FONT: 11px arial; COLOR: #000000 } .AOLAttachmentHeader A { COLOR: #2864b4; TEXT-DECORATION: none } .AOLImage A { COLOR: #2864b4; TEXT-DECORATION: none } .AOLAttachmentHeader A:hover { COLOR: #2864b4; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } .AOLImage A:hover { COLOR: #2864b4; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } BODY { BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana"; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white } P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } IMG.managedImg { WIDTH: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px } IMG.placeholder { BORDER-RIGHT: #dadad6 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #dadad6 1px solid; BACKGROUND: #f4f4f4 no-repeat center center; BORDER-LEFT: #dadad6 1px solid; WIDTH: 275px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #dadad6 1px solid; HEIGHT: 206px } </STYLE> <DIV class=AOLPlainTextBody id=AOLMsgPart_0_dc961cc1-5778-4068-a631-f5ecd6ab22b7>...you walk into the music area of the high school and the teachers greet you with,"we could kiss your feet." <BR> <BR>The two I did yesterday: Yam P22@437Hz, Young Fang U121@435 - and I'd tuned them both in September. Some notes as far as 45¢ flat on Yammie. <BR>50+ on YC. <BR> <BR>Job security...;-} <BR> <BR>Driving through almost whiteout conditions on the way home wasn't quite as much fun, though. <BR> <BR>Conrad Hoffsommer <BR> <BR>Early to rise: early to bed; <BR>Makes a man healthy, and socially dead. <BR> <BR></DIV> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> <A href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fnewaol" target=_blank><B>Check out the new AOL</B></A>. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>