Another Newbie

[Richard Brekne]

Hi There Doug, and welcome to the throng... boy did you pick a good month to
start watching the list :) Great that you are involved in the PTG meetings at
Dallas. They will be of great help to you I am sure. A good book to get started
with is Arthur Reblitz's "Rebuilding the Piano" for the complete
idiot...grin... a special american edition.

sorry guys... couldnt help myself.. er... hehe..

Seriously tho... Reblitz does have a book that is a must for just about anyone
getting started in the buisness, or for those who've been at it for a long
while as well. Available several places... but Amazon.com is quite easy.


Welcome again...

RicB

Knabe wrote:

> I'm a new comer to PTG and to the list (1 month), and wanted to put out a
> short introduction.
>
> I've been an amateur piano tuner for about 20 years. I keep my own and the
> church's pianos (and occasional borrowed harpsichord) in tune. I first
> started tuning with an HP spectrum analyzer in the early '80's. In the past
> 4 years I've discovered Tunelab, and have been steadily refining my ear. My
> goals are to learn about actions and voicing to get better sound out of the
> piano's that I maintain. I've joined the local Dallas PTG chapter and there
> are some wonderful folks there, but the meetings are only once per month.
>
> The piano's I keep in tune are a Mason and Hamlin AA-X Grand, a Wm Knabe AX
> Grand, and a Kawai KG-2C (ours).
>
> What's a good resource to learn about actions and voicing? I don't know the
> first thing about actions. There are touch problems with the Kawai, and a
> let-off problem with one note on the M&H. I do have the book "Piano
> Servicing Tuning and Rebuilding" by Reblitz.
>
> I'm employed full time as an engineer at a large semiconductor company, so
> this is just a hobby for me - or may end up being a retirement business for
> me in a few years (4-6).
>
> Best regards,
> Doug Knabe
> dknabe@airmail.net
> Dallas, TX




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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no