Conrad You are like myself in that taking notes is one of the best safe guards we have aginst being caught off guard. William PIANO BOUTIQUE William Benjamin Piano Tuner Extraordinaire www.pianoboutique.biz The tuner alone, preserves the tone. -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Conrad Hoffsommer Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:42 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Packrats-R-Us Friends, I think piano techs are genetically predisposed to be packrats. Some of us pick up waif pianos, etc. and bring them home in hopes of giving them a better/second/third life (guilty). Stockpiles of used/strange parts and supplies are never far away, but it seems that some techs (not necessarily on this list) throw away customers from time to time in a culling process. I just got a call from a customer, and I even vaguely remembered where she lived, etc. Good thing I have an "oldnames" {a.k.a. - never-throw-anything-away-including-names} file. Turns out I did a "free" tuning on a Yamaha P22 in June '95 and a second in March '96. Saturday, I get to see if anybody's been there since... Decennial customers may not bring in a bunch of money, but at least I'm prepared pschycologically prepped for what I may encounter and _every_ tuning is a donation to my vacation fund... ;-}}}}} Conrad Hoffsommer All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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