<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message d= ated 12/28/04 1:14:41 PM, tcole@cruzio.com writes   </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Hi Tom S</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  In fairness for quotes Tom Cole did not write the= below quote but it was me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  I like your post though because for this is the v= ery thing that makes a person more money in the field  ,gives a better prod= uct to the client & allows less driving plus decreases the amount of ov= er all tunings per day by<STRONG> increasing </STRONG>income</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><U>  My Dad always taught us to do more than <STRON= G>just tune</STRONG></U>.  He was/is a student of Braid Whites & when he o= r  I would be out in the field we routinely reset hammer blow distance,  loss motion & let off. The 3 major action adjustments that seem to be routinely neglected by so many rushing thru= the obligitory 4 o 5 tunings that day . However, as we all know ,= make such an improvement to even novice players. This with a bit of voicing etc a= nd the pianos always sound & play better.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  My quote below comes from the desire to create my= own sounds which I have more control of via rebuilding & the fact that I did= n't care much for the way most pianos sounded to my ear in the field. I als= o don't tolerate massive amounts of DBs well or driving</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  It's just a different life choice , philosop= hy, physiology & neither has a ,one is a better choice than the other connotation attached to it. Just a preference for one kind of job over the o= ne I had.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  I enjoy tuning on a smaller scale & making pe= ople happy with the results of my labor as you do just in a different way.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Blessings & good New Year to all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>  I w= rote<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px sol= id; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" cite="" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2= FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Yes the low end needs service too but attending to = it is no longer a choice I wish to make</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCK= QUOTE> <DIV>        Dale Erwin</DIV> <DIV> Ps Its my experience that Most people do not wish to own or pay f= or a Steinway. But they like the sound just the same</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px sol= id; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" cite="" TYPE="CITE"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face= =Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR> </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">I look forward to the day th= at my schedule is busy enough that I can turn away business of any kind. <U= > <STRONG>On the other hand, I'm not sure that I'll ever discriminate agains= t those who can't afford a Steinway.</STRONG></U><BR><BR>I have often been t= old that I made that spinet sound better than it ever has.  Whereas I'm unable to take compliments too seriously, especially from the uninformed public, in this case, I believe them, because I take a little extra time t= o try to make that piano sound like a piano.  I always do one extra pas= s, after I'm completely done tuning their false-beat plagued piano, to listen= to each unison and I always find a few that can be cleaned up.   I = call it a "spinet pass" and I can't tell you what a difference this makes.&nbsp= ; I work a little harder because it's difficult for me to get up and walk away= from a piano until I am satisfied that it sounds as good as it possibly can.<BR><BR>My attitude regarding the low end piano is the antithesis of a= comment I read here on the list a few years ago: "I put a timer on the pia= no and when 45 minutes passes, the piano is tuned." <BR><BR>Yes, it's ha= rder to tune that beast, but I think no one would argue the fact that we tuners= offer service to people.  Some people own Steinways.  Some peopl= e own other pianos. <BR><BR>Tom Sivak<BR>Chicago PTG Associate</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>