[pianotech] Sorry I asked?

[Mark Dierauf]

I recently set up a service call next week for a new client . As part of 
my regular data collection routine I asked the make of the piano, which 
she did not know. She said that she'd let me know later, after she'd had 
a chance to look. She did say that it hadn't been tuned in at least 20 
years and that the top key didn't work. Well, she has since reported 
back that the instrument in question is a Haddorff Vertichord. I don't 
think I've ever seen one of these, but the 
Straight-from-the-Marketing-Department name arouses my natural 
suspicion. Anybody ever seen one? Anything unusual I should be aware of 
before I perform the expected 100¢ plus pitch-raise? Should I be sorry 
that I asked?

- Mark