Tuning for violinists

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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List,

I've gotten some good responses to my post.  Tom, you are right about testing 
one's abilities with picky customers.  I've found that to be more satisfying 
in the long run.  

Phil, spending the extra time was absolutely necessary.  I spent about 2 1/2 
hours there.  

Though I know it will be the same at each appointment, I hope he ends up 
being satisfied with my work and calls me back to tune (and do some key easing and 
regulation) again.  It IS a challenge, and there is definitely professional 
pride(read EGO) on the line here.

Thanks to all who have replied so far.  Great food for thought to go with my 
Peet's coffee this morning.

Dave S.  In a message dated 7/30/04 11:58:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tcole@cruzio.com writes:


> Dave Stahl wrote:
> >> Dad, now a golfer in his spare time, grew up playing violin.  Inflated 
>> 
> Violinists sometimes will call for a very sharp treble, because that's what 
> they tend to do playing way up on the E string. Norm Neblett has told the 
> story about the time when he tuned for Jascha Heifetz who asked that the last 
> notes of the treble be tuned a half step sharp. Norm confessed that he didn't 
> know how to do that (This was in the days before RCT!) and so offered Mr. 
> Heifetz the tuning hammer and asked if he could demonstrate. Mr. Heifetz declined 
> the offer.
> 
> I'd rather tune for picky people, myself, than the person who says, "Sounds 
> the same to me. Oh, well, I guess it was time to be tooned". It's picky 
> people who have helped hone my tuning skills
> 
> I used to have a customer who would always call me back after I tuned to fix 
> one note. I could tell by which note she complained about that she was just 
> making me work for my wages. It would usually be one of the nicer sounding 
> notes.
> 
> Tom Cole
> 



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