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<DIV><SPAN class=203000104-07102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>This
was a compilation of many reasons people have given me for trying a new =
tuner
(me). They are all rolled into one tuner from hell for this =
story.
There are many reasons for changing tuners, I hope none of these are =
applicable
to any of us. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN =
class=203000104-07102004>Do you
have your own reasons people give for trying you instead of that other =
guy? or
girl?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=203000104-07102004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN =
class=203000104-07102004>D.L.
Bullock</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=203000104-07102004><A
href="http://www.thepianoworld.com">www.thepianoworld.com</A></SPAN></F=
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face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Farrell
[mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October =
06, 2004
1:49 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: ethics =
discussion to
the next level<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So what on earth is this all =
about?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=640501714-05102004>Why =
would someone
change tuners? </SPAN><SPAN class=640501714-05102004>Do you =
recognize
yourself in the following story? If so, it is time for a =
drastic
change.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>The tuner arrived in a very loud, very beat up truck that =
leaked oil
all over the driveway. He came in wearing shabby work clothes =
that
judging from the smell had not been washed for a week and were =
probably
slept in the night before. His personal hygiene was such that =
the lady
of the house had to use her dish towel to breathe and left the room =
quickly
after showing him to the piano. For three hours after he left, =
the
room smelled of him even with all the windows and doors open. Of =
course the
open windows changed the temperature in the piano drastically. =
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>His tool box was huge and metal. It was so big and =
heavy that
he seemed to have trouble carrying it and left several dents in =
furniture in
the path from front door to piano. His box was placed on the =
ivory
carpet and when he left it left several spots. When he picked =
it up to
go it pulled a long piece of yarn out of the carpet. When he =
put his
tools on the piano he left several scratches on the piano =
case. While
tuning, he knocked several spots into the gold plate that are now
black. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>When he replaced that string that has been gone for several =
years,
there is something different about it. It does not look like =
the ones
around it. It wraps around the tuning peg real funny. =
There is a
little sharp piece of piano string that sticks out of two of those =
tuning
pegs now. The wire on all the others is all going around the =
pin and
bunched together, but his new one has the wire crossing itself and =
all
spread out.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>The hammer he replaced sticks way up above all the other
hammers. It rubs the one next to it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>When he tuned the piano the lady noticed that he did not =
tune the top
five or six notes. They were fine, he said. The lowest =
bass
notes he did not bother with either, You can't hear those =
anyway, he
said.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>When the lady got the windows all closed having aired out =
the room,
she sat down to the piano to play her nicely tuned piano. She =
played a
while and decided that tuning it really did not make that much
difference. She wondered why people always say you should tune =
your
piano regularly. It did not sound all that different and that =
one that
had the missing string was all wonky sounding. She decided =
that it
would be a really long time before she ever had another tuner out to =
work on
her piano.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<P><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>D.L.
Bullock St. Louis<BR></STRONG></FONT><A
href="http://www.thepianoworld.com/"><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG>www.thepianoworld.com</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT =
face=Arial
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color=#000000><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT></FONT></P></SPAN></DIV></F=
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