This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment No doubt many of you have run across this situation before. This is = about the third or fourth time I have seen such an extreme example of a = student playing on a bad (major understatement) piano. This is the same = family that asked me to find a nice used piano for them (see my other = recent post). First time appointment with this family. Below are the grizzly facts. - 1950 Gulbranson spinet - typical worn 55-year-old cheap piano - 90 cents flat and, of course, way, way out of tune - reason they called piano tuner: plastic elbow on G5 broke - sustain pedal hasn't worked for months (ever since the flood) - Grandma gave them her treasured Gulbranson - student is 13 years old and has been taking lessons for six years Yes, for six years, this little girl has been practicing on this = out-of-whack junker! And just for the record, there is no doubt these = folks have disposable income to spare. But I did gain some insight into = this situation from talking with the dad. He knows absolutely nothing = about pianos (and stated so). His mother gave him the piano for the = daughter to play and told him that it was a very high quality ("the = best" she said) piano in excellent condition (they don't wear out, do = they?). I am absolutely convinced that the guy really thought he was = providing his daughter with a top-notch instrument that she could excel = with. She wasn't playing it because daddy was cheap. As soon as I explained to him that in reality it was a medium quality = piano 50 years ago, but is now worn out, and a spinet is far from = optimal for a intermediate student, he readily agreed that he should = ditch the piano and we started talking about how to shop for a = replacement. He was instantly ready to upgrade. The information I gave = him about his piano was completely brand-new stuff for him. I just thought I'd share that because it was a new experience for me. = Previously, in these situations, I had assumed the parents were simply = horrible people. Maybe not always..... One question remains though: why hadn't her piano teacher of six years = said anything to the parents about the piano? Terry Farrell ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/fb/4b/20/e0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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