December 2011
2 posts
Hooray for customer service!
I was changing strings on my guitar last night when the tuner for the low E-string broke. I emailed Stewart-MacDonald, the luthier supply I bought the pegs from, this morning.
Here’s their reply:
Mario,
Thank you for contacting. We are sorry to hear that the mounting pin on your low E-string tuner broke, but we are happy to send you a replacement tuner today at no additional cost to you....
Calling all grammar wonks
I had a history professor in college who used to lament the decline of grammar and proofreading skills among editors of print media. He complained that he found mistakes in the New York Times often enough, and — and this troubled him most of all — occasionally in the New Yorker. Well, I think I just found one.
The piece is on page 29 of the December 5 issue. It appears in the Talk of...