----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery Todd" <avery@ev1.net> To: "Rob Goodale" <rrg@unlv.nevada.edu>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 2:48 PM Subject: Re: Piano from Hell > Rob, > > It never ceases to amaze me how LITTLE pianists know about their > instruments. Maybe it's our fault for not > educating them! > > Avery Not totally. Trumpeters and violinists and drummers have to learn about their instruments because they have to take them apart to clean valves, lubricate slides, change a bridge, a tailpiece, or a string, or to tighten, loosen, or replace a drumhead. But pianists, I find, including most piano teachers, don't show much interest in care and maintenance. They know it needs tuning every 5 to 10 years, and that's about it. I try to educate them anyhow, but many times it's like forcing a teenager to like school. --David Nereson
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