In a message dated 96-10-21 07:29:47 EDT, you write: > why do not more of us who spend our lives >caring for these beautiful instruments have more interest in >learning to play? I had piano lessons for about 4 years when I was in elementary and jr. high school. Then I had another year of "class piano" as part of my Music Ed. Degree. (major instrument was trombone). So I can play a few pieces,....sort of... Certain things, like chromatic scales, did get much faster (I tell my customers that it's due to osmosis) through tuning, and most of my customers think that I MUST be able to play well based on the speed of a scale or two, a I - IV - V - I chord progression, or phrase from some well known work. For me, the main reason for not learning to play better now is because after an 8 hour day of tuning pianos, one of the last things I'm likely to feel like doing is practice. I do still play trombone now and then, and while I do enjoy it, I often feel that I should instead be working on pianos. And of course, those pesky things (like family and friends) demand time : ) Gordon Large, RPT Mt. Vernon, Maine
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