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SANSSERIF" FACE="Verdana" LANG="0">Hi all,
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<BR>A silly thread, perhaps, but I'm kind of curious about this.
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<BR>Do we all suffer from "the gardener's yard is full of weeds" syndrome? &=
nbsp;Honestly, how often do you tune your OWN piano? Do you do it as o=
ften as you recommend your clients do theirs?
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<BR>And what other work have you done on it in the last few "service calls?"
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<BR>Since I asked the questions, I'll give the first answers.
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<BR>I tune my piano whenever the killer octave starts sounding really nasty,=
usually ever 4 months or so(too much climate change in my place, and the pl=
ayer--me--hammers on it kinda hard).
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<BR>Last "service call":
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<BR>Touched up the regulation.
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<BR>Did a light sanding of hammers.
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<BR>Teflonned knuckles.
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<BR>Repaired lyre that was coming unglued.
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<BR>Dave Stahl</FONT></HTML>