Tuning Gone Bad

[Richard Brekne]

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

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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


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