> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment > Having a piano technician for a husband is not the norm, of course. We bo= th > belong to the Music Teachers Association of Calif. and the board has disc= ussed > having me as a presenter but so far haven't asked for my input. There is > widespread reluctance to peek behind the fallboard, I think. Likely they = are > daunted by a piano's complexity and don't want to spend the kind of time = it > would take to learn even the basics. I haven't given up hope, though, and= I'm > working on ways of making the subject palatable to the more technophobic. > Maybe if teachers can understand a little about what makes a piano tick (= or, > hopefully, not tick :-) they would have more confidence to speak to paren= ts > about the pianos their children are playing on. >=20 > Tom Cole Hey Tom----great subject; you might think about having a presentation that makes the teachers feel comfortable about asking what could be construed as =B3stupid=B2 questions; I=B9ve done presentations to SoCal Music Teacher=B9s Association meetings and revealed MY shameful truth---I don=B9t know as much music theory as I should. Then it=B9s much, much easier for them to feel comfortable revealing how little they know about the piano= ; I also let them know I understand they were never exposed to the nuts and bolts of the instrument, and I humorously make fun of the =B3magic box=B2 paradigm----a piano is this mysterious, =B3musical=B2 Creation that only needs occasional tuning, rather than a machine, like a car or boat, that needs maintenance and tweaking. I think good teachers WANT too inspire their students---if you give them an opportunity to learn how to take care of a piano, the god ones will be grateful. Best, David Andersen ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0e/1c/76/08/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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