[CAUT] CAF

[David Ilvedson]

I think some technicians do wear blinders...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Jeff Tanner" <tannertuner at bellsouth.net>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 8/20/2009 6:56:09 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.