<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, I did several years ago = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two customers, both very good pianists, = one is professional, the second amateur</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did encourage them a little, I showed = them how to tune unisons, because in both cases they had ocassional string s = breaking and I did not wanted them to bother me. it seems both at different times did = not resist the tentation of trying to do a whole tuning. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Same experience, yessssssssssss. that's = it. They learn to appreciate it more when they find out it is not so = easy...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elian Degen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</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> Thursday, June 26, 2003 = 21:18</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Maybe they should all = try to tune their own pianos....</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi all, = <BR><BR>I sent a post a couple of weeks ago about going out to tune a piano for a = gentleman who had attempted to tune his own instrument.  He was actually a = very nice guy, and played the piano quite well, and because he had a pretty = muusical ear, he thought it would be a piece o' cake. <BR><BR>I got a = call back from him yesterday telling me what a great job I did, and how "in = tune" the piano sounds.  That kind of phone call is always nice to get. =  But it got me to thinking...was it because he had attempted to = achieve a good tuning on his own that he appreciated the work of a professional = tuner?   <BR><BR>Maybe some of our less appreciative customers should be = given a tuning hammer and allowed to try their luck.  Anybody else ever = have this experience? <BR><BR>Dave Stahl</FONT> = </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>