On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 5:23 AM, Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com> wrote: > Ron writes: > > >>Strikes me as a lot of blood wasted yet again. Isn't "furniture" the > "F" word in the keyboard instrument professional's vocabulary? > > "F" is for finances. Being professional means money, and many > customer$ see the piano as musical furniture. The real pianists place the > emphasis on action and tone, but most pianos are not owned by such persons. > It is harder to sell a fine piano with a rough case than it is to sell a > beautifully finished, flat-board, worn out, rosewood relic. > We ignore the cosmetic at our own loss, since owners can usually be > sold a refinishing job before a new soundboard. They may only play the > piano once a week, but they see it in the living room every day, and will be > inclined to have its appearance match the rest of the furnishings. So, the > technician, if inclined, can make almost as much with a touch-up kit as they > can with a tuning fork. I heard an older tech once say that he could make > more with his vacuum cleaner than with his hammer. > > I wish I was asked about voicing as often as I am about polish......... > Regards, > Ed Foote RPT > > Several years ago, a middle school I tune for had a small old Howard grand. The techer wouldn't give it up, even though a studio would have played, sounded & fit the room better. At the time My shop wasn't done so I had it rebuilt but NOT refinished. It was a classroom piano mahogany & any new finish would have been subject to belt buckles, jean rivets, purses, books & sundry other items of abuse. The following year the business manager was new, put the tuning for the district out on bids & I lost out. The next year, when the newest biz manager couldn't find him he called me, it took them 3 years to get their piano back, that same little grand. he'd talked them into rebuilding it(?)& refinishing it, a nice ebony!!!! It didn't take long for it to look terrible as I had predicted & it was replaced with a P-22 as I had first suggested a few thousand dollars & 4 years prior. Mike -- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC) Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100901/ee3ca90a/attachment-0018.htm>
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