---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 12/28/04 1:14:41 PM, tcole@cruzio.com writes: >=20 >=20 > Yes the low end needs service too but attending to it is no longer a=20 > choice=A0I wish to make >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 I look forward to the day that my schedule is busy enough that I can turn=20 away business of any kind.=A0 On the other hand, I'm not sure that I'll ever= =20 discriminate against those who can't afford a Steinway. I have often been told that I made that spinet sound better than it ever=20 has.=A0 Whereas I'm unable to take compliments too seriously, especially fro= m the=20 uninformed public, in this case, I believe them, because I take a little ext= ra=20 time to try to make that piano sound like a piano.=A0 I always do one extra=20= pass,=20 after I'm completely done tuning their false-beat plagued piano, to listen t= o=20 each unison and I always find a few that can be cleaned up.=A0=A0 I call it=20= a=20 "spinet pass" and I can't tell you what a difference this makes.=A0 I work a= little=20 harder because it's difficult for me to get up and walk away from a piano=20 until I am satisfied that it sounds as good as it possibly can. My attitude regarding the low end piano is the antithesis of a comment I rea= d=20 here on the list a few years ago: "I put a timer on the piano and when 45=20 minutes passes, the piano is tuned."=A0 Yes, it's harder to tune that beast, but I think no one would argue the fact= =20 that we tuners offer service to people.=A0 Some people own Steinways.=A0 Som= e=20 people own other pianos.=A0 Tom Sivak Chicago PTG Associate ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a8/84/96/ef/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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