<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> How about the customer who hasn’t had the piano tuned in five years, but they are going to wait to have it tuned because they are moving next year and everyone knows that moving makes the piano go out of tune. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Dean<o:p></o:p> <u1:PERSONNAME u2:st="on">Dean May</u1:PERSONNAME>             cell 812.239.3359 <o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 <o:p></o:p> <u1:PLACE u2:st="on"><u1:CITY u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><u3:place u4:st="on"><u3:City u4:st="on">Terre Haute</st1:City></u3:place></u1:CITY></u3:City> <u1:STATE u2:st="on"><st1:State u5:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">IN</st1:State></u1:STATE></st1:State>  <u1:POSTALCODE u2:st="on"><st1:PostalCode u6:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">47802</st1:PostalCode></u1:POSTALCODE></st1:PostalCode></st1:place></u1:PLACE><o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Michael Magness Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 10:24 PM To: hpp@highpointpiano.com; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: Wives tales ...<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Hi Garret,<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Do you mean like not putting the piano on an outside wall, that one is left over from the days before insulation! I now have customers with pianos in front of frequently used doorways, in winter, to avoid the outside walls in their new homes! I blithely told one woman she didn't need to concern herself about it as long as the house was insulated only to be informed that her brick home was 150 years old and had never been insulated!<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Of course you've heard of, "If you don't play it how can it go out of tune?". My answer is an explanation of the effects of humidity on properly dried wood over a period of time that includes a season change.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> More to follow,<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Mike<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Garret Traylor <<a href="mailto:hpp@highpointpiano.com">hpp@highpointpiano.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p> <div vlink=purple link=blue> <div> Forgive me if this is already in the archives.  Would you care to help generate a list of myths "wives tales" and responses?  Like you I deal with them all the time.  Even thought the piano has not been tuned for ump-teen years the customer calls for a tuning because the piano was just moved across the room.  What school do our customers attend to be so well versed at (Im)proper piano care?<o:p></o:p> Kindest Regards,<o:p></o:p> Garret <o:p></o:p> ---<o:p></o:p> Garret Traylor - President<o:p></o:p> High Point Piano & Music Inc.<o:p></o:p> 88-PIANO (336) 887-4266<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </div> -- Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 <a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a> email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>