one of those days

[Richard Gullion]

Next time ask her if her daughters dancing shoes are in good shape or ask 
the husband if his son plays hockey with broken sticks and old, dull skates. 
A worn out crappy baseball glove. No soccer shoes??? How could it be !!!!


>From: piannaman at aol.com
>Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: one of those days
>Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:26:12 -0400
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>Wayne,
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>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...
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>Would people cook on a stove that has a gas leak?
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>Would people drive a car with a broken axle?
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>Would people live in a house without a roof?
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>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/
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>-----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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