Bad Student Piano Insight

[Vinny Samarco]

Hi Allen,
What school for the blind went digital.  I'm blind and can''t believe it.
Many of those schools used to teach piano tuning.
Vinny
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Forsyth" <alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>; "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: Bad Student Piano Insight


> Tis a sign of the times, but I know several piano teachers who have gone
> digital. Even the local blind school went digital (so much for insight).
>
> Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh.
>
> Merry Christmas everyone.
>
> Alan Forsyth
>  and hoping your piano plays jingle bells and not jangle bells.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 4:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Bad Student Piano Insight
>
>
> >
> >>The information I gave him about his piano was completely brand-new
stuff
> >>for him.
> >
> > As will be the revelation that piano techs aren't on salary (somewhere),
> > aren't doing this as a hobby to relieve the boredom of the idle rich,
and
> > need to be compensated for time spent on the customers' behalf finding
> > another piano, in order to eat. This all may seem incredible, but it's
not
> > remotely uncommon.
> >
> >
> >>One question remains though: why hadn't her piano teacher of six years
> >>said anything to the parents about the piano?
> >
> > Since when do piano teachers know any more about pianos than anyone else
> > out there in consumerland? This could easily be brand new stuff to the
> > teacher as well. I have a question. Do you tune the teacher's piano? If
> > not, why doesn't the teacher's tuner tune this piano? Does the teacher
> > HAVE a piano, and if so, is it EVER tuned?
> >
> > Ron N
> >
> >
>
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