Careful where you steer those younguns. Will there actually be enough piano players to need tuning by the time there looking to establish a career? all the best, Greg Newell At 01:12 AM 6/1/2007, you wrote: >Annie, > >That's very cool. I wasn't around when piano >tuners came to our house when I was a kid. (My >mom assures me that she had the piano tuned...) >I do the same as you and invite kids and their >nervous moms to take a look and get a quick tour >of how things work. One of the most rewarding >parts of this job, for me, is making the family >piano less mysterious. The tour also opens the >door to showing why regular maintenance is needed. > >When I read last year that the mean age of >technicians in the PTG was something like 57, I >decided to start mentioning Piano Technology as >a career for aspiring piano students. It is a >career that most teenagers haven't considered, >and hopefully more will *and* lower the average >age. On the other hand, the current statistics >make me look young for a piano technician. Ah, it's good to be only 50. > >Dave Davis, RPT > >----- Original Message ---- >From: Annie Grieshop <annie at allthingspiano.com> >To: Pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> >Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:37:14 PM >Subject: future technicians > >This afternoon, I wrote a letter to the first piano technician I ever >watched tuning a piano. That was back in the early '60s, and even as a >pretty young kid, I thought it was the most wonderful thing ever. He'll be >80 this summer and is celebrating his 40th year in the PTG. I don't expect >him to remember me, but he surely did change my life. > >So, when I work in a house with kids (or interested adults), I always take >time to show them what's going on inside the piano and how things work, in >general. With case parts removed, I encourage them to play so they can see >it all in motion. (I've heard that the little ones don't pound as much >afterwards.) > >And this month, I've heard from two young tuning customers who have decided >they want to try their hands at being technicians. They're both good >pianists and budding composers, but I'm pretty sure neither of them had ever >considered being a technician until we spent time talking about it and >poking around inside pianos together. And you can bet they've heard a lot >about the PTG and why they should join! <g> > >What goes around does come around.......... > >Annie Grieshop Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté www.gregspianoforte.com 216-226-3791 (office) 216-470-8634 (mobile) 2003,04,05 & 06 winners of Angie's List Super Service Award
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