---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 12/28/04 1:14:41 PM, tcole@cruzio.com writes Hi Tom S In fairness for quotes Tom Cole did not write the below quote but it was me. I like your post though because for this is the very thing that makes a person more money in the field ,gives a better product to the client & allows less driving plus decreases the amount of over all tunings per day by increasing income My Dad always taught us to do more than just tune. He was/is a student of Braid Whites & when he or I would be out in the field we routinely reset hammer blow distance, loss motion & let off. The 3 major action adjustments that seem to be routinely neglected by so many rushing thru the obligitory 4 o 5 tunings that day . However, as we all know ,make such an improvement to even novice players. This with a bit of voicing etc and the pianos always sound & play better. My quote below comes from the desire to create my own sounds which I have more control of via rebuilding & the fact that I didn't care much for the way most pianos sounded to my ear in the field. I also don't tolerate massive amounts of DBs well or driving It's just a different life choice , philosophy, physiology & neither has a ,one is a better choice than the other connotation attached to it. Just a preference for one kind of job over the one I had. I enjoy tuning on a smaller scale & making people happy with the results of my labor as you do just in a different way. Blessings & good New Year to all Dale Erwin I wrote Yes the low end needs service too but attending to it is no longer a choice I wish to make Dale Erwin Ps Its my experience that Most people do not wish to own or pay for a Steinway. But they like the sound just the same I look forward to the day that my schedule is busy enough that I can turn away business of any kind. On the other hand, I'm not sure that I'll ever discriminate against those who can't afford a Steinway. I have often been told that I made that spinet sound better than it ever has. Whereas I'm unable to take compliments too seriously, especially from the uninformed public, in this case, I believe them, because I take a little extra time to try to make that piano sound like a piano. I always do one extra pass, after I'm completely done tuning their false-beat plagued piano, to listen to each unison and I always find a few that can be cleaned up. I call it a "spinet pass" and I can't tell you what a difference this makes. I work a little harder because it's difficult for me to get up and walk away from a piano 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 read here on the list a few years ago: "I put a timer on the piano and when 45 minutes passes, the piano is tuned." Yes, it's harder to tune that beast, but I think no one would argue the fact that we tuners offer service to people. Some people own Steinways. Some people own other pianos. Tom Sivak Chicago PTG Associate ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b9/5a/ea/fb/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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