Some Days are Grand, Some are Bad

[Farrell]

No, I have not run across a good Winter spinet - but if I owned a Humvee or a semi tractor, I would keep my eye open for one! I imagine the sound might rival that of one landing in a Wally-World parking lot after being launched from a trebuchet!

The "bad" is a noun here, and the "Winter" is the adjective.

I've seemingly had some luck as of late with a method of communicating that their little old spinet may make for a poorly performing piano. I use this when there are children taking lessons and practicing on the spinet. I tell mom/dad that when the child gets to a second or third year level that the teacher is usually instructing them on how to control the piano action for soft and loud play. Most spinets (and consoles) will put limitations on their progress. At some point the child will come home from a lesson and say that "I can play it on the teacher's piano, but I can't do it on our piano." That seems to sometimes get the point across.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan" <tune4u@earthlink.net>
To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 9:42 PM
Subject: RE: Some Days are Grand, Some are Bad


> Terry said: "a bad Winter spinet"
> 
> I say: There's a good Winter spinet?
> 
> Terry said: "...three of these were in gated VERY affluent communities.
> BIG $$ homes  ..."
> 
> I say: I'd like to have the courage to flat-out tell people like that
> that their piano is Crap on Casters. 
> 
> Wonder why we are so timid about such a thing. Now if they've already
> said it's an heirloom or it's obviously all they can afford, then fine,
> okay, that's one thing, But it sure seems like SOMEONE should clue in
> these other folks before little Suzie gives up OR, worse, they start
> playing Dialing-for-Tuners with the assumption that my work is bad--and
> tell their friends that my work is bad, or at least don't give me
> referrals!
> 
> Rant, rant, pant, pant ... 
> 
> Alan R. Barnard
> Salem, MO
> 
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