one of those days

[piannaman at aol.com]

Wayne,
 
Were these people destitute?  Sometimes we have to consider the financial situation as well as the viability of the piano.  But when I see this sort of instrument in a home where money is not an issue, I wonder...
 
Would people cook on a stove that has a gas leak?
 
Would people drive a car with a broken axle?
 
Would people live in a house without a roof?
 
So why do they try to play a piano that won't work or sound properly?
 
Of course, a piano that doesn't function at a proper level isn't a health hazard, but isn't music supposed to be a thing of beauty?  Then why try to play "music" on a thing where beauty is not an option.
 
Good luck!  Today will be better! 
Dave Stahl, RPT

Dave Stahl Piano Service
650-224-3560
dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net
http://dstahlpiano.net/






 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: wayne.w at musicstop.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 5:29 AM
Subject: one of those days


Just came from a customer with a pre 1900 Morris upright. Pianos needs tuning and few notes not working, lady of the house tells me. I open the piano and first thing I noticed is the big long crack in the open face pin block. This crack cover most of the upper pins in the tenor section. There were more short cracks thru out the block. The crack was wide enough that I could get the blade of my jack knife in about 1/4 of an inch. Piano had missing hammers etc..
I called the lady back into the room to show her the pin block and told her the piano was not worth fixing. She understood, I thought until, she asked me if I had fix the keys that were not working. I said no I didn't because the piano was north fixing..She said that they needed to be fix as her children were taking lesson on the piano. I explained this was not a good piano for kids to take lesson as it was a tone down in pitch etc... "Well this is what we got and we don't want to spent more in cased the kids lose interest. " was her comment. "By the way you talked you don't want to work on my piano, so you should leave" I knew I was fighting a losing battle so I left. Makes you wondering.
 
Wayne Walker
Piano Tuner / Technician
Musicstop Acoustic Piano Service
264 Herring Cove Road
Halifax, NS, Canada
B3P 1M1
902-221-1540
902-496-0041 Fax
www.musicstop.com



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