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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>You explain to them what must be done before you go out and why and that the reasons for a piano not holding tune vary. If you just try dope the pins and there are other problems, they may not feel had, but they will think you're not competent. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>David Love</DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=cedel@supernet.com href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com">Clyde Hollinger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 10/31/2003 11:34:21 AM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Dopey to dope?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>Wellll... Suppose you do that and the tuning problem still exists. The customer will feel they've been had. What do you do then?
<P>If the problem and solution are not immediately obvious, I need some history to go on before I know how to proceed. Now if I know that a good tuner was there last March in the dead of winter, and now the piano sounds terrible and is also very sharp, and worst in the tenor, then I have a history of sorts, and I can feel confident that a DC system will solve the problem. Otherwise, that's a pretty risky place to start, don't you think?
<P>Regards, Clyde
<P>David Love wrote:
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