My mistake.....my lesson....a cautionary tale

Elwood Doss, Jr. edoss@utm.edu
Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:00:19 -0600


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Hey Wim,
Good answer!  Your director is correct!
Elwood

Elwood Doss, Jr.
Technical Director/Piano Technician
Department of Music
University of Tennessee at Martin
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  From: Wimblees@aol.com=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:27 AM
  Subject: Re: My mistake.....my lesson....a cautionary tale


  In a message dated 1/13/03 10:21:03 AM Central Standard Time, =
bigda@gte.net writes:


    She said, "Well, you've killed the middle of the piano...."  and I =
saw=20
    all the trust and good will leave her body, and leave the situation. =
 She=20
    then made continual over-the-top, apocryphal statements about the =
piano=20
    being dead, the hammers being "gone," the "quality" being "gone out =
of=20
    the piano."




  I haven't been tuning for artists all that long, but I do remember =
either reading on this list, or maybe it was something my director once =
told me (he's a concert artist), that the better the artist, the less =
they will complain about the piano. The artists that complain the most =
don't know what they want, and will blame the piano for their own =
inequities.=20

  Glad to know you're feeling better.

  Wim=20



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