Stickers inside pianos

[Elwood Doss, Jr.]

I print my own business cards (my son designed it when he was taking a
graphic arts course in college several years ago) so when I print a few new
cards, I print some cards to go in the piano.  I print two cards
horizontally, then skip the next two cards below them; then print the middle
two cards horizontally and leave the lower two blank.  When I cut them out,
I cut the printed card and the blank card below it as one card and stick
that under the lid of uprights and in the front of grands.  Plenty of room
to fill out dates of tunings for years and years to come!  And for some
reason, they stay put!  I'm not using any adhesive, and not writing on the
piano anywhere.  I lost a tuning job at a church when I first started tuning
because I wrote on the inside of the piano like the previous tuner (or maybe
I lost it because of a lousy tuning job--come to think of it, that's
probably the reason thinking back to how I tuned the first year or two).
Anyway, it taught me a lesson, so I tune much better now than I did back
then...did I lose this thread somewhere...?
Joy!
Elwood

Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT
Piano Technician/Technical Director
Department of Music
145 Fine Arts Building
University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, TN  38238
731-881-1852
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry" <terry@farrellpiano.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: Stickers inside pianos


> Amen Sarah. Before I got into this business I had just bought a brand new
> 1098. I used to open it up and admire the beautiful insides - kinda like
> admiring the chrome on a Ferrari engine. The tuner came for our one free
> tuning and when done ALMOST attached his PTG sticker to the pinblock. I
> almost broke his arm stopping him - not really, but I was definitely
fuming.
>
> My recommendation, if you want to use a sticker, is to at least ask before
> applying.
>
> Unless, of course, it is a 1948 Story & Clark spinet or some-such.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> > 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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