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<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>
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