Looking for info......

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robert,

I'm very sorry to hear of your illness. I hope the very best for you. I
started 20 some years ago with the Aubrey Willis correspondence course which
is pretty good. It was eventually bought out by Randy Potter who turned it
into a state of the art video course. I still have my original course. It's
10-12 or so chapters. If you send me your mailing address I will send you a
chapter a month or something like that.

It's tough to get a mentor. Once you get some reading done techs won't have
to do as much teaching for you; they will be more likely to do some
explaining. Stay on this list and you will learn a lot. And tune your lab
piano a little every day. Use your musical skills as much as possible. I
find at times I will rely on my sense of scale pitch to get me in the
ballpark (if the piano is way out). Although this is not how we
traditionally tune a piano, at times, all our resources may be called into
play.

henry artigue

Robert wrote:

> Dear Piano Technicians:
>
> My name is Robert Brainerd and I live in St. Joseph, MO. I have been a
> band director for the last 17 years and  was diagnosed with lymphatic
> cancer about three years ago.
>
> Needless to say that complicated my life plans in a big way, but I truly
> believe that I am going to survive this. Due to some radical surgeries
> and some very tough treatment however, my health and endurance are not
> at all what they were before the cancer.  I just can't physically keep
> up with pace and drive needed to maintain a successful band program.  I
> have been a musician my entire life and would like to stay in the field.
>
> Piano tuning as a professional is very appealing to me and I would like
> to get started. I currently attend the Piano Technicians Guild meetings
> in Kansas City and have bought a used piano for "lab" work and a book on
> tuning and servicing by Arthur Reblitz. Trying to find a mentor has been
> nearly impossible, and I can understand that.
>
> I am writing to ask if any of you might have some suggestions that could
> help me along my new journey.  Also, if anyone has any materials, or
> courses in piano tuning that they would not mind re-selling to me,
> provided they are no longer in need of them.
>
> Any response from you would be greatly appreciated, and I look forward
> to hearing from some of you soon.
>
> Yours sincerely,
> Robert Brainerd