) To: pianotoo@IMAP2.ASU.EDU,pianotech@byu.edu Subject: Re: tuners who play Cc: pianotoo@IMAP2.ASU.EDU Jim: You wrote: >she came in with >checkbook and said: "Oh, do you play?". I lied and said "no Mam". > Perhaps I also stretched the truth a bit when I referred to the pianos I service with the general expression "these beautiful instruments." Actually, my list of pianos serviced has very few that I go into ecstasy over when I am finished and try over my tuning with a standard set of chords and then an improvisation. But there are a few where the labor of tuning is richly rewarded not only by a paycheck but a few minutes to relax and let the piano do its thing under my fingers, and experience the wonder that it is I who am creating it! I appreciated the response from so many, and identify with Willem that after tuning 5-6 pianos neither am I ready to sit down in the evening and learn some more piano playing! Since I left college (too many years ago) I have been getting out of practice and so have no right to be judgmental. It was satisfying to me to learn that our non-playing tuners in South Carolina are not alone. I have great respect for all of you on the basis of the work you do, regardless of whether you can perform at the piano. If I gave the impression that we are therefore better technicians if we can doodle and improvise as well as "noodle," then I missed the mark. Please forgive me. I just think you are missing some enjoyment, and have to make up in other ways in order to sample the quality of the work you have performed. Bill Maxim, RPT Serving South Carolina from Greer and Columbia Satisfying discriminating musicians since 1955
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