<WBR>Robin<br> <br> It was very nice of you to comp the pitch raise part of the tuning for the wedding. But unless you knew the family, and were invited to the party, and that was part of your wedding gift, in my opinion, you sent the wrong message to them, especially since they are a musical family. I'm sure the caterers, and everyone else who "worked" that wedding didn't do anything special or extra out of the goodness of their heart. I hope you at least charged them double for tuning the piano in the first place.  <br> <br> Mele Kalikimaka everyone. <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Robin Blankenship <tunerdude@comcast.net><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 8:08 am<br> Subject: Re: Christmas<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_583fff20-d350-4157-a541-289627b8d07a> <STYLE>#AOLMsgPart_2_583fff20-d350-4157-a541-289627b8d07a .hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px}#AOLMsgPart_2_583fff20-d350-4157-a541-289627b8d07a BODY.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma}</STYLE> <div><FONT face=Arial>About ten years ago, I got a panicky call from a client living an hour's drive away.... their daughter was getting married at home on Christmas Day!!! And, no one had thought of having the piano tuned. The poor old thing was about 60 cents flat and not a very good instrument at its best. What was most surprising was that this was a professional musical family, with a recording studio in their basement and quite a reputation in the area for doing good work. I gifted the pitch raise part as a Christmas/Wedding gift and felt good that I had helped make their special day a bit nicer. </FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=Arial>Robin Blankenship</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial>Matoaca, VA</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=pianotune05@hotmail.com href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">Marshall Gisondi</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, December 25, 2007 11:42 AM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Christmas</div> <div><br> </div> <FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Geneva,Arial,Sans-serif">Merry Christmas everyone!!, even Paul Jones in Chicago.<IMG src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w2/emoticons/star.gif"><br> Marshall<br> ps. has anyone here ever tuned a piano on Christmas or ever heard of a tuning being done on Christmas?  Just curious. <br> </SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><br> <HR> The best games are on Xbox 360. Click here for a special offer on an Xbox 360 Console. <A href="http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/wheretobuy/" target=_blank>Get it now!</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> More new features than ever. Check out the new <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target="_blank">AOL Mail</a>!<br/> </div>