Etiquette in the Customer's Home

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 07:34 11/22/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Hope I'm not being toooo darn picky here, but just one point:
>"...but you should know that I find it very difficult to give your piano a 
>good tuning with all the competition from the clocks."
>
>Perhaps better stated: It is very difficult to tune...... rather than: I 
>have a difficult time tuning.....
>
>Kinda like: oops, I broke a string - as opposed to: maam, a string broke.
>
>It ain't your fault!
>
>Terry Farrell
>


Yup!

Depending on the relationship you have with your customers, you might 
advise them to make sure that they have the ceiling fan/vacuum/clocks/etc. 
all running whenever they play the piano so that it will sound the same as 
when it was tuned.
;-}




Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician
Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
Voice-(563)-387-1204  //  Fax (563)-387-1076(Dept.office)

-The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes.