Not too often, but you do get the occasional do-it-yourselfer who thinks it looks easy. The one I enjoyed the most was a lady who said her husband claimed to have a good ear so he bought the tools. He spent 8 hours one Saturday and never could set a temperament. At the end of the day he told his wife to call the ---- tuner. She seemed to be amused by it! dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of paul bruesch Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 9:16 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: [pianotech] DIY tuning Going to tune a spinet tomorrow. Customer says it has "one wire broken, A below middle C..." Chatted a bit more, then she says "I tried to tune it myself." Me: "Is that how the string broke?" Her: "Yes. It didn't look that hard, but I guess it is. I got the tool from my son." (Well good, I was imagining her using a 6" Crescent!) So I'm curious... how often has anyone come across this? It's a first for me in my not-so-many years of tuning. Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090720/2f78338e/attachment-0001.htm>
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