---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Barabara Barb, well said & your highlighted line below is a beautiful opener. My Line is have you noticed how loud the piano is or, is there anything else about the piano that bothers you.? Frankly after a while if a client isn't interested in voicing so I don't loose my hearing, I politely have been know to say ,perhaps you should find some one else, but if I get a chance to demonstrate A--B comparisons by voicing on just one note. This is usually all it takes to change an opinion Geoff, I'll tell you how it happened for me & Others. One client at at time. I decided about 25 years ago to become the guy who could fix it, voice,regulate it, & trouble shoot it better than any body in my area. I took Willis Snyders advice to aim fro the high end & the rewards of fun , client respect , appreciation & personal satisfaction are as great as the financial profit. This is waaaay more fun than just tune & run. I also didn't have to jam in the car all day or change location every 1 1/2 hours & BTW , I Like tuning I believe in large part I trained my clienteles ears to hear & by doing solid musical tuning & a piano tone thru voicing. Believe me the average person can hear & appreciate a more musical tone. If not what do people buy graphic equalizers for there stereo systems?? Dunno BTW. Mechanical work should bring in as much as you tuning rates. Dale Erwin them. I also learned the best way to get folks to understand about more than tuning was saying, "You know those old upright pianos that sound like tin and whose keys are uneven and some don't even work? Well, that can happen to your piano, too. That's what happens when pianos have only been tuned and other maintenance has been ignored. etc, etc." It was the best thing I ever thought of to get the conversation and understanding going about what regulation and voicing are. We're the ones who have to educate our clients. Barbara Richmond, RPT near Peoria, Illinois ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/73/57/91/96/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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