No manuals

[Cy Shuster]

Newton,

At the recent MidWest seminar, I purchased the "Piano Parts and their Functions" book, which you contributed to, and it's been very helpful.

If you haven't already, would you consider contributing it to PTG as well?

--Cy Shuster, TSO--
Rochester, MN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@optonline.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: May 29, 2002 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: No manuals


> > Has it really been your experience that every new piano owner you've met knows > instinctively how often the piano should be tuned, info about tone and > regulation, how to clean the keys and care for the case, where the piano > should
> 
> Well of course they did, after yelling at them for an hour. :)
> 
> What I think would likely happen is that the dealers would throw any such manual
> in the recycle bin, so it devolves to us to do the educating, if the custom will
> believe us and not think we are trying to rip them off.
> 
> So, several years ago I wrote a brochure about piano maintenance, what it is and
> isn't, can and cannot do, etc.  I just ran across one of the last remaining
> copies last night. :)
> 
> It IS our job to educate, no one else will, unfortunately, and the teachers are
> the worse, they think they know stuff and they are too often misleading and
> overly misinformed.
> 
> Newton :)