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<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 10, 2008 9:35 AM, Paul T Williams <<a href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu">pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br><font size="3">Speaking of another universe, how many of you have approached a piano full of pictures, nick-knacks, and what not on top of the piano, and the customers asks: "Do these need to come off?" What are these people thinking? I had one with a fish tank on top. One of the professors at UA had his entire audio system on the top of the piano, including a large selection of records. You'd think he would know better. <br>
<br>Arrrgggghhhh..<br></font><br><font size="3">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><a href="http://www.pianotuning.com/" target="_blank">www.pianotuning.com</a></font> <br>
<font size="3"><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: David Boyce <<a href="mailto:David@piano.plus.com" target="_blank">David@piano.plus.com</a>><br>To: Pianotech List <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br>
Sent: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 11:31 am<br>Subject: Standing Room Only<br></font><br><font face="Tahoma" size="1">Went today to a new client. Recently moved house, wanted piano tuned. Nice 1930s Danemann upright. <br><br>There was no piano stool, so I asked for a kitchen chair or stool to sit on. They had none! The seat inserts were all away to be re-upholstered and all they had was chair frames with no seats. The woman was going to lay a framed (with glass) print across one of the chair frames for me to sit on. The neighbours were out, so she couldn't borrow a chair. <br>
<br>I ended up tuning the piano standing up, but it wasn't comfortable for me. I'm 6'1" (182.5 cm, bearing in mind recent metric discussions!) <br><br>Maybe its a good idea to carry a little folding picnic stool in the car in future! How prepared does one have to be? Last week I bought a small but powerful vacuum cleaner half-price in the supermarket for piano work, having recently wasted about half an hour trying to get a customer's vacuum cleaner to work with the nozzle attachment , when I was cleaning out the keybed along with some other work. I congratulated myself on remembering to take it today just in case needed for new customer. A chair would've been better. <br>
<br>Do you ever get the feeling with a customer that they live in a universe slightly out of phase with yours? Today's was one of those. I dunno, just somehow "we're not communicatin' here". <br><br>
David. </font> <br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all">That's funny Paul, that upright with the Christmas village on it was across the river in LaCrescent, Minnesota!<br>-- <br>We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART?<br>
Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a>