<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'm often amazed at how little awareness people have = for interference noises.  I would ask him/her to stop them all before I = came over.  Since they're not in sinc anyway, who cares.  I ask my customers with birds to remove them from the room before I start and = don't mind reminding people to be turn off various appliances, running water, loud conversations etc.,  that they seem oblivious to.  Today, = while I was tuning, I had somebody come up to me with their 5 hp Hoover and ask if I = minded if they vacuumed while I tuned--in the same room, no less.  I said = fine as long as they didn't mind me skipping the notes I would have tuned while = they were running it.  They decided to wait.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></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=mathstar@salemnet.com = href="mailto:mathstar@salemnet.com">Alan R. Barnard</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> November 21, 2002 8:18 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Etiquette in the = Customer's Home</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Situation: Customer collects clocks. = Regulators. Cuckoos. Mantels. Grandmothers and Grandfathers. Novelty Clocks. All = kinda clocks...tick, ticka, tickety, tickaty, bong, chime, gong, wang, ding, = ticka, tick ... None in sync with any other and all slightly off from each = other as they strike the quarter hours ... Bbang bbongong bbbing boonng....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Question: Would it be "rude" or, in = some other way, socially unacceptable to take my 2 1/2 pound stringing sledge and = start adjusting these little treasures?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Next Time I'll Check The Gas Gauge = Before Driving to Cabool from Salem, MO</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>