Absences doesn't make the heart grow fonder

[Don]

Hi Gina,

Just one more thing that PTG *doesnt* offer it's Canadian members!


At 09:35 PM 3/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Don,
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><<>I think I will no longer tune with clients absent.>>
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>This is a problem for all of us and one which I've debated with myself. Self
>says don't go into an empty house because of the potential liability. Self
>also says that if I stop this practice, I'll lose a large portion of my
>work. So Self decided to continue but years ago took out the million $$$
>liability policy offered through PTG's Tool & Bailee Insurance. Doesn't
>solve the problem but sure does give me some peace of mind. (Been lucky I
>guess, never had to file a claim.)
>
>Gina
>
>Gina Carter
>Charlotte NC
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Don <drose@dlcwest.com>
>To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Date: Friday, March 26, 1999 6:43 PM
>Subject: Absences doesn't make the heart grow fonder
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Today was interesting. I have in the past sometimes tuned for clients when
>>they were *not* at home. I.E. they would let me in, then go off to work.
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>>March 10 I tuned for a client who had made that arrangement with me.
>>However, he decided he was too curious and so he stayed with me. He then
>>asked me to drop him off at his work place. He had a lovely stereo set up
>>so I asked if he would play a piece for me.
>>
>>This morning the police called wanting to know if I had been at his home
>>tuning on March 10. I looked in my book and sure enough I had been. Later
>>on the day of March 10 his home had been broken into and robbed--they took
>>his sound system.
>>
>>I think I will no longer tune with clients absent.
>>Regards,
>>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
>>
>>Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
>>
>>drose@dlcwest.com
>>http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/
>>3004 Grant Rd.
>>REGINA, SK
>>S4S 5G7
>>306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
>>
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts

drose@dlcwest.com
http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/
3004 Grant Rd.
REGINA, SK
S4S 5G7
306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner