[David Ilvedson]

A fellow in the SF Chapter of the guild, Jerry Raz, came from the same field...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California






Original message
From: "Stephen Hill" 
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 6/3/2006 4:30:07 PM
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From: Stephen Hill <weltuned at comcast.net>
Date: June 3, 2006 4:51:57 PM MDT
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: my new career


Hello List,


Just introducing myself.  Technician in training.  Gave up 20 year career as
an airline mechanic, to tune and repair pianos.  Sound crazy?  Really, the two
are much closer than one may realize.  Jet engines require a certain amount
of anal retentiveness as does a competent RPT.   Pianos are essentially machines,
just made out of different materials, and produce music instead of thrust.  So, I've
come full circle now, from a piano performance major in college, through a career
in aviation, and now back to a music related career.  Couldn't be happier.  I've
always been interested in how pianos work, since a little boy, and have a wonderful
1923 S&S M as my primary practice piano.


Potter is my school of choice, and besides the Steinway, I have a Baldwin L, and a
M&H 50 that I regularly keep in shape.  Have yet to tune for pay, but that will come.
In the meantime, study, study, and study some more, and practice with that tuning
hammer.  I had a fear of replacing a broken string, so I overcame that by restringing
my Steinway.  No more fear!  Was interesting job, and I also rescaled it to factory
specs.  It only had 6 wire sizes!  Supposed to be 12.  End result is spectacular, and the
thing never sounded so good.  (well, probably did when new, but I wasn't around then)
Hopefully, I'll meet some of you someday.


Regards, Steve
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