I'm looking into starting off with tuning, then getting into repairs, then rebuilding later. At 07:11 AM 11/29/00 -0500, you wrote: >Stephen, > >I do not want to discourage your interest in rebuilding pianos. With your >enthusiasm you may indeed be a master rebuilder or even a piano designer >someday. >But my opinion is that you are getting the cart before the horse. As in >any other >field, you need to understand the basics before you specialize. Thus, I >suspect we >may have trouble taking your questions about piano construction seriously. > >The pianotech list is a great source of information for all of us, but >there's no >way it can take the place of good fundamental information and >experience. So I ask >the rest of you-- how does one go about learning piano design? That's >what I think >Stephen needs to know. Del, anything to contribute here? > >I would suggest that you first get the basics, such as Randy Potter's >correspondence course. There are also schools you can attend. In the >meantime, >don't let this "hobby" take too much time from your college studies unless, of >course, you want to change from your current course of study to piano >technology. >Keep your 4.0. (I say that as a parent who is seeing his own three kids >through >the college years.) > >Regards, Clyde > >Stephen Airy wrote: > > > As of yet I have NO experience (yet). I would like to learn how to rebuild > > pianos, but I don't immediately have the time (college), space (no > > outbuilding on my property), or money (no job right now -- but your help in > > how to get started in piano tuning would help -- I have had a few lessons > > from Lee Hintz in San Diego area and I know Bruce Stevens). Speaking of > > tuning, I still notice that sometimes (tuning by ear -- I have virtually no > > pitch reference at home where I'm practicing on 3 pianos (a 4'11" baby > > grand, a 52" upright, and a 57" upright), and I don't exactly trust the > > computer. I often notice that I might be able to get the temperament > > fairly good in tune, but there'll often be a stray wildly-beating fifth or > > two (about 3-5bps near the midrange of the piano) > > > > I had posted a picture of a junky piano a while back -- what do you think > > of practicing rebuilding on pianos of similar condition? (assuming the > > pinblock is still good) -- also, what brands would you stay away from when > > considering rebuilding a piano? Also, I'm considering on starting out on > > uprights, and when i feel like working on a pinblock do it on a grand or -- > > what high-quality brands of uprights (for example my ideas are Steinway & > > Bosendorfer) do you think it might be possible to consider replacing a > > pinblock? _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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