<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY>Your welcome Mark, by the way I think it's a good idea not= to plaster the record sheet with your name...iow..."SERVICED BY= ACME PIANO SERVICE"  "TUNER TO THE STARS"...that just= assures the next tech (there will be a next tech at some= point) to toss it...I keep a business card with it which= hopefully will be tossed instead... David= Ilvedson <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message From: Mark Potter= <BASES-LOADED76@SBCGLOBAL.NET> To: Pianotech= <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> Received: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 03:16:02 -0800= (PST) Subject: Re: Stickers inside pianos <DIV align=left>While I consider having a database at home= mandatory, I agree with Ron that having a modicum amount of info= at the piano can be significantly helpful, particularly in cases= where you are servicing the piano for the first time. = David I's suggestion of the pouch (uprights) by far makes the= most sense to me in that a) it is easily seen by the tech; b)= allows for numerous detailed postings in one unobtrusive= location; and c) gives a 'history-at-a-glance'.  A few= older uprights even have a handy wooden 'pouch' as original= equipment - unusually accommodating!  Of course this= requires we approach pianos armed with pouches, which hasn't= happened in MY lifetime, so it remains a good idea waiting to be= implemented.  Another round tuit patiently= waiting.  Until then I continue to use the business card= method - it's too easy.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for the tip about the 31/2" floppy containers,= David.  I'm gonna check 'em out.... one of these= days....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Potter  Ron Nossaman= <rnossaman@cox.net> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT:= 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">> Well, if you have to= use a sticker... don't they custom print stickers > with= that Post-It note adhesive? I don't know. I never looked= into it. The PTG, however, does print pressure sensitive= stickers, or something as crude as printer labels or masking= tape will serve quite adequately to stick the information to= the piano in an out of sight location. Whatever. It's not for= anyone but the tech, and I want it to stay there= dependably. > Personally, I like the magnetic card= idea the best. All pianos have > iron in them!= ;-) And how do you record information on the magnetic= card? It's the tuning and climate information that's the= important part for the stealth sticker. Not the name of the= tuner. Again, this isn't for advertising. It's a tuning= record. > I can see the usefulness of leaving beh!= ind notes, but wouldn't it be > better to keep a database= with customer records? When Mrs. Peabody > calls you= regarding a problem with her piano that you serviced last= > month, wouldn't you rather have her records on your= computer, rather > than inside her piano??? Not in= my opinion. I'd prefer to have the data with the piano, on= site, without wasting time unnecessarily looking it up in a= database beforehand that has probably evaporated in the last= operating system crash. By all means, keep whatever records= you like at home, but I appreciate (and supply) the tuning= and climate history right there in the piano. I expect it's= just me (as usual), but I'd prefer to be anal about= something interesting, rather than this sort of thing. A few= seconds of data entry on a record that stays with the piano will= be potentially valuable information for anyone who is at= some future point in the presence of the piano and tr! ying= to make sense of some tuning or regulation anomaly. I= consider keeping the tuning record in a private database= more a case of the dog marking territory than keeping it in= the piano where it can do whoever might wander by and= benefit from it some good. > Again, just my= thoughts... And again, just mine... Ron= N _______________________________________________ pianotec= h list info:= https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE></= DIV></BODY></HTML>