On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Tyler Ferrari <tylerferrari at hotmail.com>wrote: > Hello everyone. > > I own a new Yamaha U1 upright and I have been tuning it myself for the last > six months using some ETD software, and some aural techniques. I don't have > any training, but I'm absolutely certain that I have developed a reasonable > technique for tuning my piano. I'm very anal about tuning with all of the > instruments I play, which is why I decided to take up the rigorous task of > tuning my own piano to begin with. I believe that I am actually quite good > at tuning my piano, yet I know I am missing a lot of the techniques that > aren't exactly intuitive. > > I live in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, and I've been e-mailing and phoning > various piano technicians locally and offering to pay them to answer some > questions and show me some techniques. No one is interested in doing this > for pay, and I'm not exactly sure why. > > I believe that I would be a proficient enough tuner after another year or > so of practice, and would like to do it part time for extra income as well > as for the sake of having another music-related hobby. The issue is that I > know that I'll require a 'technician' side - what if a string breaks? What > if some minor regulation work needs to be done? > > I've perused the internet and I'm not entirely sure of where to begin. I am > aware of some of the training options including formal instruction, but I am > not interested in that. I am a quick learner, and I have a passion for > music. I am very mechanically inclined and am able to make small action > adjustments on my piano just based on intuition by looking at how the action > works. I certainly have dedication to learning, and have fine attention to > detail as well as a deep interest in the science behind a lot of the method. > > This message is a little convoluted, but I hope you guys (and gals) > understand what I'm trying to get at here! Where do I begin? > > Please pass along any helpful information - whether it be your suggestions, > opinions, facts, or reading materials you suggest etc. > > It is much appreciated. > > -Tyler > > ------------------------------ > Messenger has tons of new features that make chatting more fun. Click here > to learn more. <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9650730> > Another possibility might be they don't want to encourage another "dabbler". I don't mean to be rude but there are a lot of well meaning people who tune their own pianos and some for friends, churches etc. We call them tooners because they don't want to spend the time learning how to do everything we do, just our bread & butter job. Tuning is how we find the other work we do, tuning is how we inform the customer that their piano will need other servicing either at the time we are there or in the future. Tooners will not and cannot perform this service which means, IMHO they are performing a disservice. Eventually they do something to someone's piano that was wrong or that they shouldn't have and that person calls a technician. At that point they find what the piano really needs, a full service technician. Mike -- I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090310/b12ed0a8/attachment.html>
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