[CAUT] CAF

[Ed Sutton]

It is not very often that the public buys tickets to hear some unknown player perform a tuning by Ed Sutton.

I believe it was David Anderson who said "If you don't like being a servant, you won't be happy as a piano technician."

Ed Sutton...happy to tell you I already made one pianist happy this morning, and hoping to please two more before I'm done today.



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeff Tanner 
  To: caut at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 9:56 AM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAF


  Geesh, Fred. Should we not look directly into their faces lest their countenance blind us?  Perhaps piano tuners should wear veils when we go out in public.
  Jeff
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Fred Sturm 


    I suggest that no piano technician should presume to tell a pianist what kind of technique to use. Nor should we have the attitude that we know what pianos are capable of because of our own expertise. Pianists come up with ways of approaching the keyboard through trial and error and endless hours of refinement. If they have been able to achieve the effect they want on one piano, they want to be able to achieve at least a similar effect on another. Pianists (at the top end of the profession) are constantly pushing the limits. It is our job to try to accommodate their needs. At least that is my attitude. Yours may differ. 
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