Marks inside pianos

[James Grebe]

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> From: Jon Page <jpage@capecod.net>
> To: pianotech@byu.edu
> Subject: Re: Marks inside pianos
> Date: Tuesday, March 25, 1997 7:23 AM
> Dear Jon,
	I totally disagree with you on this.  True, the owner doesn't usually look
at this record but the tuner certainly does.  As long as I am servicing the
piano it backs up my records back in the shop.  I f another tuner takes
over he has an independent record ,(not from the owner) of when the last
tuning was done and the pitch level before and after the tuning.  I t
certainly is NOT graffiti.  I t is very important and these records are
very important and not irrelevant and history is still important. History
determines the future and can be a guide as to what to expect from the
piano owner. As far as putting something in the bench, my feelings are that
I do not look in peoples benches, just as I do not open their drawers.  The
most obvious place for pertinent information is under the lid on the
pinblock.
Regards,
James Grebe from St. Louis
pianoman@inlink.com
> These day to day servicings are irrelevent in the overall scheme of
things.
> Tuning archival history is useless. Regular maintenance is important.
> Scribing dates on the keys is no reminder, how many owners take the
> piano apart to see when the last tuning was.  A card in the bench is
adequite.
> It is not so important as to when it was tuned, but will it stay in tune.
>
> Writing mundane servicing only trashes the action. A descrete notation
> on a hammer moulding can reference a replacement date.
>
> Record keeping should be kept on a seperate piece of paper and left
> under the lid of an upright or in your files.
>
> To close, you have no right to place graffitti in someone's piano.
> Jon Page
> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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> At 07:40 PM 3/24/97 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I used to be very careful not to make any permenant marks inside a
> >piano--until I found that the first thing most dealers in my area do is
> >remove service record stickers.
> >
> >I feel that the tuning and repair history which is sometimes several
> >lifetimes is valueable to me as a tuner and of interest to future
owners. So
> >I now careful use a pen on the keys to record the history.
> >
> >>They peer into the piano, examine the scrawled notation, and say "Wow!
> >>Look at that!  Isn't that interesting!"  They see it as a bit of
history
> >>that adds color to the instrument.
> >>
> >>Oh well.  It's not my piano.
> >>
> >>
> >>BTW,  I think your oil change analogy is perfect, provided that the
> >>inscription is under the hood.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Myler, Tom
>
> Jon Page
> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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