<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:56 AM, David Nereson <<a href="mailto:dnereson@4dv.net">dnereson@4dv.net</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font face="Arial Narrow">    How do you tell people you don't want to work on their old beater / junker / clunker without coming off as a piano snob, especially if the person who referred you has a piano you've been tuning for years that's no better?  ("You worked on theirs, now all the sudden ours isn't good enough for ya?")</font></div> <div><font face="Arial Narrow">    --veteran tuner, but still stymied by certain situations</font></div> <div><font face="Arial Narrow">    --David Nereson, RPT</font></div><font color="#888888"> <div><font face="Arial Narrow">    </font> </div></font></div></blockquote></div> <div><br>I developed a phrase for situations like that which I will license you to use at no charge, Look them right in the eye and tell them "What you have here is firewood masquerading as a piano!" When they then look at you and say "But can't you just....." cut them off and tell them "I am a piano technician, not a thief, therefor I sleep very well each night". Then leave.<br clear="all"> I'm in my 39th year in this business and it works for me,</div> <div> </div> <div>Mike<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> </div>