Maybe they should all try to tune their own pianos....

[Richard Brekne]

I do this as well. So far I've only seen one fellow seriously follow up at all.
He has an old forte piano which he keeps in good condition, and has purchased
some off the wall tuning device available here in Europe. Keeps it close enough
for his needs and he's actually gotten pretty good at the use of the tuning
hammer.

Other then that.... most people are not cut out for tuning their own pianos...
so if they want to try I simply encourage them to do so.

RicB

David Love wrote:

> Whenever someone expresses interest, I encourage them to get a tuning
> hammer to try and clean up a unison here and there if it starts to drift.
> I think most serious pianists ought to be able to do a couple of things,
> adjust a pedal, take off the fall board to retrieve a pencil, clean up a
> unison.  Many of the conservatories have a mandatory piano technology class
> that piano majors must take.  Many seem to find ways to avoid it.  My
> experience is that once they try to tune a unison, they appreciate much
> more what you do.
>
> BTW, I had the great misfortune of scheduling a number of appointments in
> the south bay today.  Was it only 105?  I almost stopped at the local
> hardware and bought myself a mini fan.  Had I thought of it earlier in the
> day, I would have.
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
>
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> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Sent: 6/26/2003 5:18:37 PM
> Subject: Maybe they should all try to tune their own pianos....
>
> Hi all,
>
> I sent a post a couple of weeks ago about going out to tune a piano for a
> gentleman who had attempted to tune his own instrument.  He was actually a
> very nice guy, and played the piano quite well, and because he had a pretty
> muusical ear, he thought it would be a piece o' cake.
>
> I got a call back from him yesterday telling me what a great job I did, and
> how "in tune" the piano sounds.  That kind of phone call is always nice to
> get.  But it got me to thinking...was it because he had attempted to
> achieve a good tuning on his own that he appreciated the work of a
> professional tuner?
>
> Maybe some of our less appreciative customers should be given a tuning
> hammer and allowed to try their luck.  Anybody else ever have this
> experience?
>
> Dave Stahl
>
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