Are we wasting our time?

[Don]

Hi John,

Next time ask a "non-piano major". They tell you more in 5 seconds than any
ten of the piano students.

At 06:12 PM 1/15/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi List,
>
>Beware, this is tongue in cheek.
>
>I am nearing the end of my "January tunings", at the Music School, in
>a local University. (Small, 35 pianos)
>Yesterday, I forgot to note the practise room, I had finished at, so I
>went to the area, I thought I had finished. I knocked on the door, and
>asked the student, "has that piano been tuned?", she said I don't
>know. The same at the next room, a guy this time.
>Now we are talking, of pianos, that are away, out of tune, they were
>tuned last, in September, with the humidity, in the high 60's. The
>humidity now is in the 20's. They were low, by 10-30c, depending on
>which part of the scale.
>I hear all the time, about people worrying about 1 or 2 cents, and
>these music students, can't even tell, when it is 10-30c out.
>I am not saying, we should lower our standards, but I am wondering, if
>it is worth it. After all, how long does it stay, exactly in tune.
>Regards,
>John M. Ross
>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
>
>
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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