Reminds me of this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjZIwxrY3Ss Court Stewart Roanoke Chapter On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>wrote: > 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/fe9ee7d9/attachment.htm>
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