I might allow for it... if they pressed me hard enough. I always am willing to give someone the benifit of the doubt if there is any.. and generally am at least willing to come and take a look see. But I only give one of these to a customer, and I always make it clear that pianos go out of tune on a regular basis and there is really no reason to look upon them as anything else then a glorified guitar when it comes right down to it.. Note !! I did NOT say glorified Violin...grin... RicB *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 24.05.2002 at 07:26 Farrell wrote: >I received a call from a church where I have tuned their 1960s K&C spinet >three times since 1999. I just >tuned it three weeks ago on May 2 (most of it was up to pitch, the treble >got a second pass). The pastor called me the other day and asked if I >could stop by and touch up the tuning because the pianist said the center >of the piano went out of tune. > >I'm going to go out there Saturday. It is a 40 minute drive from my place. >I suspect, unless I see evidence that someone was trying to tune it >themselves, that the thing to do is touch it up, smile, and go on my way. > >This is the first time I have ever had a call like this. I'm sure others >have. What is your normal course of action/policy. Do you tell the >customer while on the phone that you will be charging them for the trip, >etc.? Thanks. > >Terry Farrell Richard Brekne RPT NPTF Griegakadamiet UiB
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