To tune or not to tune?

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"Notes of a Piano Tuner" What a wonderful book and one that certainly struck 
a chord (pun intended) with me.  I hope someday to write one on the Pianos 
found in the West:


While traveling and working remote and rural communities (working as a 
geologist, not a technician), I have been in the habit of visiting the local 
Community or Senior Center, strike up a conversation and end up "tinkering" 
with the inevitable old upright.  

On occasion I will end up spending the better part of the 
afternoon....talking, explaining pianos and show how they work. And listen to 
lots of "the-piano-that-I-used-to-have " stories.  Always ends up with 
referrals to every piano owner in town !!  Every old piano is a Treasure to 
the owner and anything that can be done is usually appreciated.

I had one elderly woman sit a horrible beast which had been wrestled to at 
least something chromatic.  She struggled through a piece which turned out to 
be FUR ELISE.  When she finished, her friends gave a round of applause and 
she turned to me with misty eyes and said "I haven't played a piano since I 
was a little girl...Thank You".

Try to put a dollar sign in front of that folks !!

                 Walter Slack, PTG Associate
                 Amargosa Valley, Nevada

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