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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Alan,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Be honest any speak from what you
know.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For me it would be a matter of using =
what I know
about guitar tuning, fret size, nut termination, octave tuning at the =
12th fret
in relation to the bridge and when the string is played at the fret or =
the node
for an overtone octave ot fourth, fifth etc. a lot of information that =
is
factual and relates to both the piano and guitar. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When was the last time he changed the =
strings on
his guitar? Why did you change them? Are questions that might lead him =
into
seeing that while the two instruments are similar ( use strings ) their
maintainance is not.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Including tuning. For me it would be =
necessary to
get a read on his level of knowledge. Then procede to educate. Not too =
much
information, only enough to bring the client arround to knowing you are =
the
informed expert.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some dead on double octaves in the low =
tenor and
bass like C1, C2, C3, or even up to C4 might show what he needs to
hear.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tune4u@earthlink.net
href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">tune4u@earthlink.net</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> Sunday, February 09, 2003 =
6:35
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Rosler ... Store =
Prep</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm going Tues. to tune a new Rosler upright =
just
purchased from the local piano store--the guy who tunes flat scale =
with a
guitar tuner or a strobe. I KNOW he has done no new-piano =
prep.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>If this were your, call. How would you handle =
this first
call? And what's the word on Rosler pianos, I've never seen =
one.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>'Preciate any advice. My experience to-date =
has been
almost exclusively with pianos that have been "in the field" for
years.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Salem, =
MO</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>