[CAUT] Barbie tuner

[John Ross]

Did you check their guitar tuner against your fork, or ETD, to  
determine if there was a difference?
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> I have been there and felt the same way. Years ago in a fit of pique  
> I got a little of my own back. I was called to tune for a high  
> school musical to be held in the non air conditioned gym, in July! I  
> arrived on the appointed day and hour in the middle of a raging  
> thunderstorm, the temp was in the high 80's and of course the  
> humidity was 100%. I had to lower pitch on the Yamaha P-22 and spent  
> almost 3 hours going through it multiple times until I was satisfied  
> with it. 3 days later I got a call, they were unhappy with the  
> tuning. the caller was the person who had arranged the tuning  
> however she was not involved in the musical and thus could not give  
> me specifics of why they were unhappy. I re-arranged my schedule and  
> went that afternoon, it was 73 degrees and the humidity was in the  
> 30"s. I checked the piano and was happy to find it where I had left  
> it, a few unisons were slightly"fuzzy" but overall it was as I had  
> left it. I found a guitar tuner lying on the top when I arrived and  
> surmised that my tuning had been"checked" with it. I decided if they  
> wanted the piano tuned to a guitar tuner, I wouldn't deny them.
> So I used the guitar tuner to reset my temperment and re-tuned the  
> piano, I, left a second billing for the second tuning and left, I  
> received to further complaints but also no payment.
> Finally in September after repeated billings, I was called by the  
> school's superintendant and asked to stop by about the bills. I went  
> to his office and heasked why I had billed for 2 tunings 3 days  
> apart, I explained to him what had happened and he OK'd payment. I  
> have never been called to tune for that district again.
> It was well worth it and I would do it again!
> <grin>
>
> Mike
>
> -- 
> I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about  
> his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never  
> achieve anything worthwhile.
> Walter Chrysler
>
>
>
> Michael Magness
> Magness Piano Service
> 608-786-4404
> www.IFixPianos.com
> email mike at ifixpianos.com

John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada





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