Maybe manufacturers should put computers in pianos like they do with cars. So then it can be programmed to malfunction at a certain date. They get away with it with cars, maybe it's something to be considered for pianos. TODD PIANO WORKS Matthew Todd, Piano Technician (979) 248-9578 http://www.toddpianoworks.com --- On Mon, 8/23/10, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> wrote: From: William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> Subject: Re: [pianotech] repeat business To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Monday, August 23, 2010, 9:54 PM And, your piano won't self destruct if you skip a tuning or two. Less stable, sure, but damage? Car analogies only go so far............. William R. Monroe On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Tom Rhea, Jr. <rheapiano at cox.net> wrote: Well said, Todd, but unfortunately our most people don’t use their piano to go to the grocery store, take the kids to school, go to work or vacation. It just sort of sits there and doesn’t appear to do anything constructive until we sit down at the keyboard. Until a piano starts to have – in the mind of the client – the same utility as the family car, periodic maintenance will always take a back seat. Tom Rhea, Jr. Piano Technician Rhea Piano Service (757) 373-0284 From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Todd Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 5:14 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] repeat business Susan, I was just trying to remember the last time I took my car in for an oil change and the mechanic said it looked fine and not to bother at this time...... TODD PIANO WORKS Matthew Todd, Piano Technician (979) 248-9578 http://www.toddpianoworks.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100823/db30a149/attachment.htm>
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