[pianotech] Re: Rim Width

[David Ilvedson]

Hey all my competitors have slimy hands...;-]

David I.


----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: Open Forum for Piano Technicians <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:58:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Re: Rim Width

>No, I'm not joking. We are, after all, pretending to
>be high class people restoring an expensive art object
>for relatively high rates of pay: not digging
>outhouses for minimumn wage.  I have always been
>deeply offended when, while working at others' shops,
>wire is drgged on floor and stepped on during
>restringing, revolting filth is left in keybeds, and
>actions are worked on after wiping grease from fried
>chicken on shirt instead of washing ( all of which I
>have actually seen ). Whenever I enter a customer's
>house, the first thing I ask is: "Is there someplace I
>can wash my hands?" I do this wheteher the patient is
>a new, pristine Schimmel or a filthy old Wurtilizer.
>driving, pumping gas, handling $ etc.. is sure to get
>your hands pretty slimy. One very popular tuner around
>here NEVER washes, and has left a long trail of rusty
>handprints all over pressure bars, strings, etc. due
>to his acid sweat. I believe that everything is
>actually God's property, and strive to treat it as
>such.
>     Gordon Stelter
>--- Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> >Sure. Us a clean sheet of plywood, or scrub the
>> dirty
>> >one with a wire brush and soapy water and let dry
>> >before putting it in a customer's beloved piano. "
>> Do
>> >unto others...."
>>
>> You HAVE to be joking.
>>
>>
>> Ron N
>>
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