Input for Intro Tuning Presentation

[Dennis Benson]

Greg,
    I did a class for our local piano teacher group. I have the text for
that if you're interested.

    Dennis


-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Newell <gnewell@netzero.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 12:53 AM
Subject: Re: Input for Intro Tuning Presentation


>Joel,
>    After you get them would you forward them to me too? I am trying to
prepare
>some sort of a class to offer the general public. I'm guessing that people
are
>interested in how to best care for their pianos and what makes them tick.
Has
>anyone done something similar? What might you suggest that people pay for
such a
>class?
>    Greg Newell
>
>JCSwafford@AOL.COM wrote:
>
>> Dear List:
>>
>> I have been asked to do a tuning presentation for a high school band
class.
>> I have practically no experience in teaching, but have a fairly thorough
>> understanding of tuning theory in equal temperament.
>>
>> I need to adapt this knowledge to areas of band instruments and their
>> functioning in solo and ensemble. The band teacher wanted me to explain
to
>> the students why it is important to pay attention to pitch in particular.
>>
>> I would very much appreciate some input in the way of guidelines or
>> individual content for this type of presentation. Any ideas that you have
>> would be beneficial, especially from those experienced lecturers. If you
have
>> handouts or outlines from your presentations I would very much love to
have
>> them.
>>
>> The presentation will be about 30 minutes.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Joel Swafford, RPT