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Dave, <br><br>
That must be S & S. We have one of those (OLD one!) I can sympathize!
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Avery<br><br>
At 12:59 PM 6/16/05, you wrote:<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">One must have a certain amount of
confidence in his/her abilities in order to go out in the world and make
a living working on pianos as we do. I think I normally have
enough, born of 30+ years of doing this. That is……..until – like
yesterday – I encounter a Famous Maker model K. I left the
customer’s home convinced that I was the worst pin twister in the state
if not the world! <br>
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What a terrible combination, that instrument. The high price
(exorbitant price?) combined with the Famous Maker decal on the front
leads the customer to have great expectations. Somehow the funky
tone at the south end of the long bridge must be the tuner’s fault, and
the false beats mean he can’t tune. <br>
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Sorry about the rant. I’ve resorted to simple jobs today, busing
keys, cleaning etc. Maybe I’ll learn this business yet!<br>
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dave<br>
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__________________________<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2>David M. Porritt,
RPT<br>
Meadows</font> School of the Arts<br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2>Southern Methodist
University<br>
Dallas</font>, TX 75275<br>
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<a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a><br>
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