how low was it? At 440- the A was about 4-beats low, but up toward the top it was way off. The children evidently have closets full of medals won at competitions. I have never been unwilling to return to a customer and touch up things, until today. It wasn't the "best of days" for me, today, and this guy was a jerk. He had the kid bang on two notes, maybe three, and said they were horrible. No, frankly, they weren't. I had told the wife that some notes would probably slip, because it hadn't been tuned in a year and half, -she said. That may mean 18 months, or several years, calendar time..... He was aggressive and accusative- so I simply put his check in an envelope, and returned it to him. Yes, I know another tuner will get the customer - maybe he'll be a hero. I'll be a schmuck, but, in this case, I don't consider it a loss. I have limits of tolerance, in my better moments, that are fairly high. Today wasn't one of those times. I might have been less unwilling to compromise if a) he had been even the slightest bit solicitous, and b) it had been yesterday, tomorrow, or next year........ Thanks for your reply. I'll burn off some of this "energy" at the convention, moving pianos! les bartlett ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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