---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Kevin, I have been in the piano technology business for 30 plus years. I have tuned for some of the great masters of our time and times past (Horowitz, Gould, Kissen, etc). I am also able to perfectly tune 12 piano per day at $250 per shot. I own my own island, and plan to marry a rich widow. My nose is also growing considerably. No really Kevin, Glad to have you. I am very much a newbie to this as well (this is the truth). I began Randy's course six years ago, and then went back to my first love (piano performing). Since then, shamefully, the course was put on the shelf. Well then, I made a commitment to myself that I would re-learn and finish this course. And after I finish, apprentice with a technician, and learn the skills necessary to pass the PTG exams. This is really what I want to do, not only for a living, but because I am deeply in love with the piano (don't tell my wife). I do have a degree in piano performance, but so far, that hasn't helped my piano technology studies any. I do have an old beatup piano that I have been practicing on like crazy. Thanks for introducing yourself to the list. Matthew Kevin Cook <kevinc@srcaccess.net> wrote: Greetings Folks, I just joined this list because I am wanting to become a Piano Technician. I have ordered material to try to eventually become an associate member of PTG. I live in a rural part of Texas with no way of learning from others but I should receive Randy Potter's course material that I ordered in a day or so. I have some piano tech tools that I purchased a couple of years ago but only used them on this old upright until I broke one of the strings on the high C. I don't really know what I'm doing. This piano says "Wilson & Sons Piano Co. Muncie Ind. 1886". It came out of a barn and I had to clean out the mud dobber nest and spiders. The pedal board is rotted from water damage and several keys aren't working. I figured it could be my experimental learning piano since it is probably a junker anyway. Here's a story that I know will probably have many of you cringing. Yesterday, I figured to heck with it and decided to tune it not knowing a thing about tuning pianos. I used a chromatic tuner and noticed that it was nearly a 1/2 step low. I decided to tune it to A440. I started with middle C (middle string) using the tuner and then matched the unisons by ear. I worked my way up the C's then did the same on all the C's working down. I repeated this process going through the circle of 5ths ( first all the G's then all the D's.... A's etc). The tuner would not pick up the highest octave or the lowest so I had to do those by ear. It took me several hours to finish and luckily I didn't break any strings. It really don't sound that bad now. Maybe I should rebuild this piano as a learning experience. It only has sentimental value (It belonged to my mother-in-law). Anyway, enough yacking.......Anybody here learn to become a piano tech by correspondence course? Can I learn that way? I have been a musician for 30 years and have a Bachelor of Music degree but I don't know if that helps that much. Is it a good idea to experiment on this old upright and try everything on it? Any pointers to get me started in the right direction? Thank you so much for your advice....I have thinking about doing this for many years. Best Regards Kevin Cook http://coyotedream.com _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives --------------------------------- Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel & more fun for the weekend. Check it out! ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7f/b3/3e/ed/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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