I wouldn't adjust my tuning methods to meet a clients preconceived notions of "correct" technique The very first tuning I ever did for pay was on an old, no-name baby grand. As I sallied forth into the seventh octave, the lady popped her head into the room and asked, "Why are you tuning up there?" "Because it's there (???)," I replied to what seemed like a trick question. "My previous tuner never tuned up there," she shared. I hope she didn't hold it against me. Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thu, Nov 4, 2010 12:53 am 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/20101104/1770db40/attachment.htm>
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