<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; =
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"
bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 =
rightMargin=7>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>I have been handing out brochures for =
over 30 years
about tuning, why they go out of tune, pitch raising, selection of =
pianos.
Generally it has done almost no good. You can explain something to =
a
person for 154 minutes and they will turn back around and say they no =
nothing
about what you just explained to them. People want to remain
'stupid". Two days ago I had a first time client, Baldwin =
spinet.
She let me in and then promptly left to take kids to school. I =
asked her
<EM><U>before</U></EM> she left if she wanted the piano at A-440 and if =
it was
drastically low it would take more than one tanning to keep it =
stable. She
said do it. She came back just as I was putting the piano back =
together an
hour later. It was 90c low and no strings broke, hooray. I =
was
telling her that it should be tuned in 2 weeks and then 3 months. =
What,
she says? Well we cannot afford that. I knew right away that =
was a
lost cause. Win some lose some.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Jim</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>James Grebe<BR>Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair<BR>Creator of =
Handsome
Hardwood Caster Cups, piano benches, writing instruments<BR>(314) =
608-4137<BR><A
href="http://www.JamesGrebe.com">WWW.JamesGrebe.com</A><BR>1526 =
Raspberry
Lane<BR>Arnold, MO 63010<BR>BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE!<BR><A
href="mailto:pianoman@accessus.net">pianoman@accessus.net</A></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr
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, April 07, 2005 =
1:40
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Just an idea...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Verdana color=#000000 =
size=3>
<DIV>List,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I know many of us get frustrated at times trying to explain to =
customers
WHY their pianos should be serviced more frequently. I've had a =
few
experiences lately that have caused me to try to think of ways to clue =
customers in while covering my butt at the same time. I thought =
of
writing a flyer to hand to customers that has a bit about reasons =
pianos go
out of tune, a few lines about pitch raising, weather changes, =
regulation,
etc., etc., etc. Not quite as detailed as the PTG Bulletins, but =
broader
in scope. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Then I thought that perhaps a collective effort from this list =
might
benefit us all. There is an incredible amount of brainpower, =
skill, and
willingness to share here in this forum. Too idealistic
sounding? Any thoughts on a cooperative effort like this?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Just thought I'd toss it out there. I'll probably be =
working on
something along these lines that I'll share with y'all when I get =
enough
time.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>