Stickers inside pianos

[Sarah Fox]

Hi Doug,

Personally, I get a bit ticked when I see a tuner's adhesive sticker 
plastered on/in a piano.  Stickers are fine for furnaces and garbage 
disposals, but we're talking about a piano.  Stickers are tacky and are less 
than respectful to the piano (and the owner), IMO.  Of course that's not as 
bad as tuners who scribble on nonreplaceable parts!  (Piano graffiti.)  IMO, 
if you repair/replace it, you're entitled to leave your mark on it.  If all 
you do is turn pins, permanently branding the piano is bad form.  It's a bit 
like a dog marking a tree.

I respet the tuners who leave business cards under the lids of uprights.  It 
shows respect for the pianos and their owners.  But of course those cards 
might wander.  Perhaps a neater, more functional approach would be to use 
some adhesive photograph corners -- the ones used in photo albums and 
sometimes for archival framing.  They're not expensive.  Stick the four 
corners very neatly in place atop the framing, underneath the lid, and then 
insert a business card.  When you return, you can just insert a new business 
card with fresh date info, etc.  If/when the owner decides to move and/or 
get a different tuner/tech, you will have at least given that person the 
respect of providing him/her a less tacky means for the NEXT tuner/tech to 
leave his/her info behind.  The owner can insist that the new tuner/tech 
insert a business card, instead of plastering the piano with yet another 
offensive sticker.

Doing this would tell the piano owner you truly care about the piano AND 
that you truly care about the presentation of your business.  It's similar 
to the Japanese custom of presenting business cards in an open palm, 
correctly oriented towards the recipient, rather than flinging the card 
haphazardly at the person.

Just my opinion...

Peace,
Sarah



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Renz Piano Tuning / Repair" <pianotuner@frontiernet.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:45 AM
Subject: Stickers inside pianos


> Do you know where you can buy, make stickers to place inside pianos that
> you service? I am looking for ones that will last.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Doug Renz
> Associate PTG
> pianotuner@frontiernet.net
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