..stability issue revisited..

[Robin Blankenship]

Rook,
It's time for YOU to get a grip. A grip, as in the old word for suitcase.
And move on. He, the "player" apparently thinks that you couldn't possibly
be a real musician because you just tune pianos. The world is full of such
idiots. Give them not the time of day. You go, guy!

Robin

----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Bondi <tito@PhilBondi.com>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 6:29 PM
Subject: ..stability issue revisited..


> ..for those of you who don't remember, I have 2 Baldwin "R's" in a
> restaurant and there seems to be a 'stability' issue with them with the
main
> player.
>
> BUNK(can I say that here?!).
>
> Pno#1 came screaming in at -1.3 cents..Pno#2 came off the blocks at 0.0
> cents.
>
> Pno1 is being played 7 nights a week now, and Pno2 is being used
sparingly,
> but usually 2 nights a week.
>
> The player called me to tell me how to dis-assemble his gear on top on of
> Pno1..I assured him I have been playing piano for many many years(he knows
> this) and I am nothing but very careful with other people's livelyhood. He
> also called me to 'tell' me how out of tune they were..yes, there were a
> couple of unisons that had fallen, but me, being as picky as I am, would
> have gladly played a night on either one of those pianos.
>
> After he was telling me how 'out of tune' they were, I told him what the
SAT
> told me as far as numbers......silence...then he started telling me which
> notes were bothering him...the worst offender being F5 on Pno1...the Left
> Unison was....are you ready for this?.......-3.6 cents.
>
> On the surface, that may look bad, but considering the piano is being
played
> 7 nights a week, the Air Conditioning doesn't get turned on till 4:00PM
and
> gets turned off at Midnight, I consider that -3.6 to be something of a
minor
> miracle that it's not worse...and that WAS the worst offender of BOTH
> pianos.
>
> I've bent over backwards for the room(it's my favorite restaurant in the
> area) and the player(he's a friend..maybe!), but I think I have done all
> that I can do as far as TRYING to make him happy.
>
> It's time for him to get a grip.
>
> Ro(ok)
>
>
>
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