> > I wholeheartedly agree. I for one am very glad I'm not personally > paying for what some on this list consider to be necessary. Seems to me > like more sales than service. For the vast majority of our collective > clientelle this is WAY overkill IMO. I would even go as far to say that it > puts a black mark on our profession. Perhaps those that do this should > continue to change their motor oil every 100-200 miles until it begins to > runs clean. Perhaps that illustrates my point somewhat loosely. > Considering the average state of the "vast majority of our collective clientele" 's pianos... I would have no difficulty at all in approaching the market with a positive and constructive attitude that includes a more realistic picture of what it means to take care of a piano. Providing a customer with a two visit pitch raise when such changes of pitch are extreme is in no way overkill IMHO. In fact... the issue of overkill or underkill doesn't even figure into the equation in the first place. Stating that some of our esteemed membership "put a black mark on our profession" because their chosen approach to this and/or other such issues does not agree with ones own assessment of what is necessary or appropriate is pretty strong stuff. Personally... I find it very very difficult to doubt the motivations and abilities of my colleagues to provide the best suited, most honest, and most fair service they know how to provide. It is a rare occasion indeed before I am willing to point the << black finger >> at my fellow technician.... and that includes, in equal degree, those I find it difficult on a personal basis to treat with. G'nite Seattle RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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