<HTML>In a message dated 5/30/02 12:32:53 PM Central Daylight Time, cedel@supernet.com (Clyde Hollinger) writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">One of my pet peeves is gluing a business card to the piano somewhere.  Who of us can be certain that we will be servicing that piano for the rest of its life? </BLOCKQUOTE> I completely agree with Terry and Bob on this one.  I consider writing in the piano to be graffiti, a defacement of the piano.  It is unnecessary and destructive.  So is putting one of those damn stickers in there (or as Clyde said, gluing on a card).   I have hundreds of cards that I have collected over the years that were left in pianos.  I never leave one in a piano because I know that if I did, it would not be seen by the customer and if another tuner came along, he/she would take it for his/her collection just as I do.  I give mine to the customer. Bob's idea of keeping a service log in the bench is a good one.  Using card stock and an envelope will keep it from deteriorating over the years.  I do it when I am requested to do so but doing it routinely is a good way of doing business. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin <A HREF="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> </HTML>