Being a parent myself, I have a real hard time just letting them bang away. I usually tell them to watch their fingers! And then I close the fallboard. Then I stand there with my hand on top of it as I talk to the parent. It works almost every time. And the parents get the idea real quick. Yeah, I could probably be more PC, but I just don't have it in me. :-) It's like I'm on auto-parent mode. It just happens... Regards, Rob McCall McCall Piano Service, LLC www.mccallpiano.com Murrieta, CA 951-698-1875 On Jan 04, 2013, at 14:40 , paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote: > Depending on my mood at the moment, I would probably calmly ask the kid to please play quietly so I can think. The kid is doing what kids do, given the opportunity. But by asking the kid to play quietly, you're not angrily saying to quit making all that noise, you're just asking for some respect, which the parents apparently have not taught and do not expect, and most kids (in my experience) respond well to that. > > Paul Bruesch > Stillwater, MN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130104/10d2b2da/attachment-0001.htm>
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