Hi there!  I was going to respond to D. L. Bullock's article about
the PTG because I have had a few bad experiences with them.  I am
not a tuner or technician; I learned to play piano, then I fell in
love with them, learned about the history of their manufacture.  (Jack
Greenfield's book is _fantastic!_)  I now own three completely restored
uprights (two are players, one is a coin piano with a mandolin rail).

My problem is, I'm finding that there are fewer tuners willing to work
around the player stack to tune the piano.  I have a good tuner now,
but he's been wanting to retire for two years now.

I read with interest the articles in MMD, and it's good to see all the
interaction and responses to people asking for advice, or just letting
off steam about the hobby.

With a song and a smile,
Aaron Carlson

 [ My long-time lady piano tuner declared several years ago that she
 [ would no longer tune player pianos.  So before she arrives I remove
 [ the top action from my 1917 Pianola, and then she's happy.  I also
 [ remove the entire folding lid of the piano so that she can use her
 [ usual impact tuning hammer fitted with a shallow socket wrench.
 [ I need only about five minutes to remove or replace the top player
 [ action.  -- Robbie