Piano Refinishing

[Jon Page]

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At 11:40 PM 6/3/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>It's a part of our trade.  It would sure be nice to see it receive some 
>>attention.
>> > Brian T.
>
>For some reason, I must have missed the beginning of this thread, but I 
>must disagree with the above statement.
>
>Refinishing is NOT part of our trade. There are piano technicians who are 
>able to refinish, but I don't consider refinishing to be part of piano 
>technology. Refinishing is a totally different occupation. I learned how 
>to refinish, and soon learned that I wasn't any good at it. I know what to 
>do, and know what is required to be a professional refinsiher, but I

Refinishing is just as much a part of our trade as accounting, record 
keeping and brass polishing. If one does not have the aptitude for a 
certain task, delegate.
Anything dealing with pianos should be understood by someone claiming to be 
a piano technician. After all, the more you know, the more well rounded you 
are..
or dangerous.

>don't consider myself a refinisher. And by the same token, there are 
>refinishers who know absolutely nothing about piano technology, but can 
>still refinish a piano.

Substitute:  tooner and rebuild in the above. (sorry, couldn't resist a 
little humor)

>If a piano technician wants to know more about refinishing, then he/she 
>should subscribe to a refinishing chat page and refinishing trade 
>magazines. But I do not think articles refinishing should be included in 
>the Journal.
>Just my 2.5 cents worth.
>Wim

Just because one has a lack of desire to develop these skills, one should 
not impede others. What about the technicians who don't tune or tune aurally;
we don't hear them asking the ETD tuners to take their conversation to some 
other location for their shared interests.

Even an article about piano moving is relavent.
Regards,

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
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