Thanks, Ron. I'm now primed to advise the piano customer long before the tuning appointment. But you know as well as I do that I'll still be faced with an impossible situation. I can only try to ask them to clear the top of the piano. Is the 3" and 4" tuning tip really a threat to bending the tuning pins? I'm not sure but it feels strange when using them. I like the feel of a tuning pin moving in the hole. I don't feel like that is happening with a longer tuning tip. >>when I arrive to tune a grand during the Christmas season, I find that >>the top >>of the grand is covered with Christmas decorations of such a >>nature that it >>would be very inconvenient to remove them and raise the >>lid. I carry a 3" and >>4" tuning tip for such occasions. I don't know a >>solution to this. Does >>anyone? > >Trying to work around seasonal trappings like that is a lot like >asking your dentist to clean and put filling in your teeth while you >chew tobacco .... get the point? Besides, you don't get paid to do >that kind of work. What happens if/when you happen to break an >heirloom that was charmingly displayed atop the piano? I've never >had a customer refuse to remove things from the piano. They're >always happy to oblige my request. For future reference, you might >make it a point in your appointment set-up procedure to remind your >customers to clear the top of the piano before you arrive. If they >happen to forget, oh well! Make pleasant chit-chat (seated, of >course) while they do the hauling. > >Happy Holidays! > >Murphy's Law for Piano Tuners: The odds that a string will break on a >grand piano during a tuning are directly proportional to the size and >number of books, pictures, stereos, and flower vases perched atop the >instrument. >Ron Torrella, RPT >Editor, Detroit-Windsor Chapter Newsletter
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