Agreed. Like people telling us that the piano was tuned to sharp or to flat. Sure… The customer is not always right. From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 8:16 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] shorter final tuning time with pitch raises; forearm smash Dead on Tom. Al - High Point, NC From: Tom Driscoll <mailto:tomtuner at verizon.net> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 7:53 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] shorter final tuning time with pitch raises; forearm smash Nov 4, 2010 07:21:54 AM, pianotech at ptg.org wrote: On 11/4/2010 1:33 AM, David Nereson wrote: > Thanks very much, Ron. I've always intuitively suspected some of those > things, but once had a client who complained that his previous tuner > wasn't listening long enough to each unison, so I determined not to make > the same "mistake." David, -This is an old adage but when a client complains about the last tuner you are likely to be the next one under criticism I wouldn't adjust my tuning methods to meet a clients preconceived notions of "correct" technique . The stability of the tuning is the goal and you are the expert. It reminds me of the football coach who said: " When you make decisions to please the fans you will soon be sitting with them " Tom D. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101104/a8f91543/attachment-0001.htm>
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