analogies

[Brian Lawson]

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I use the car in analogies, such as a car will run without having it
serviced by a 
mechanic but why have it run at non-optimum performance. Have your piano
action repaired/regulated etc.

or, you can put petrol (gas) in an old car and wash it, so it will go and
look nice but it needs more that that to go on working. ie. Yes, it needs
tuning, but the action needs a service...

Also, someone on the list gave one about colours, you cant tell a person
blue is green - so why have a C sound like a B - get a pitch raise done! I
use that now -(thanks to unknown source).

Brian Lawson

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> From: John M. Formsma <jformsma@dixie-net.com>
> To: PianoTech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Subject: analogies
> Date: 12 August 1999 01:38
> 
> Hi List,
> 
> I like to use analogies so that the customer will better understand what
> needs to be done to his piano.  For instance, when considering the
effects
> of a pitch raise on a piano, the customer usually does not care about the
> force exerted by a soundboard and the force exerted by the strings
causing
> the piano to be somewhat unstable after a pitch raise and tuning.  In the
> past, I have explained it scientifically only to see the eyes glaze over
as
> they nod in feigned agreement---saying "Whatever you think needs to be
> done."  :-)  For that reason, analogies at the customer's level of
> understanding are helpful.
> 
> Here are a couple of analogies that I have thought that might help
explain
> why a piano goes out of tune faster after a pitch raise, and why a pitch
> raise is necessary before fine tuning at A-440.  I don't know if the
average
> 25-cent flat customer understands why a piano needs to be reasonably well
in
> tune to be fine tuned.
> 
> 1.  If you stretch a rubber band, it's tendency is to return to its
> unstretched state, which is similar to what will happen when we "stretch"
> these strings to a higher tension.
> 
> 2.  A piano needs to be in good tune to be fine tuned.  It is like
washing
> and waxing a car.   You wouldn't try to wax the car before washing it,
but
> you wash the car first, then wax it to give it that brilliant shine.
> Similarly, the piano has to be at pitch first before it can have that
> "brilliant" sound.
> 
> What do you think of these analogies?  I have used the first, but not the
> second.  Also, what have you found useful in explaining these and similar
> concepts to your customers.
> 
> Ever the curious one,
> 
> John Formsma
> 

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