Jim, My daughter and I left with our usual Friday night tuning fee plus a $20 tip. Then, we took this $180 and headed for the late show with enough money to buy popcorn! I gave her a very nice share! Bob Hull --- Jim Kinnear <jim@pianoguy.com> wrote: > But of course the job was difficult, but one wonders > what it was worth, > given the open ended 'blank cheque??? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jim Kinnear > www.kinnearpiano.com > Collingwood, ON, Canada > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Hull" <hullfam5@yahoo.com> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 10:52 PM > Subject: Re: square grand tuning: fun > > > > Last Friday I received an emergency tuning request > for > > someone having a Christmas party and using an 1859 > > Steinway square grand. The pianist had just come > to > > try it out and said it was really out of tune. > > > > So, the owners called me and said they would pay > > whatever if I would come and tune it before the > party. > > > > > > This was my first square to tune. It had just > been > > rebuilt and purchased from another state. I took > my > > daughter to play the keys. That sort of worked. > It's > > hard to get someone else to play the keys and > > intervals like you want. The torque on the pins > was > > off the scale. I would think 200+, so, very hard > to > > manipulate. I hope those will loosen up with > > subsequent tunings. A couple of hammers grazed > > strings on adjacent notes and there wasn't time to > fix > > those. > > > > All in all it was a very difficult job and the > results > > were not anything I would want another tech to > hear. > > > > Bob Hull > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC