Re: Music Store Etiquette
Ok call me Capt. Obvious but as mentioned above have a tuner (yours or theirs) available and use it! Any box store I have been to never has their instruments tuned properly. A good acoustic store should have no problem letting you tune an instrument you are considering buying. I went to a reputable store to try out some mandolins about 20 years ago and found a brand I had been considering only to find I couldn't get it to tune properly. Turns out the tuners worked in reverse. Installed wrong, backwards, I don't know but never considered that brand and lessened my opinion of that store.
Carefully tune it, play it like you would normally, set it down play another, take your time. If it needs big time retuneing may be more involved with that instrument.
Tuners are a mechanical thing. If they don't work properly you'll be forever frustrated.
And don't be afraid to say sorry nothing worked out. Just going and sampling doesn't obligate you to buy something. Most good shops might ask for some contact info in case something new comes in. Happened to me once!
Ratliff R5 2007, Capek A5 2003, Washburn M5S-SB Jethro Burns 1982, Mid-Mo M-2, Epiphone MM 30 Bk mandolins, Harmony Batwing 1970's, George Bauer bowlback early 1900's Philadelphia.
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