SAT II Anybody? Aprentice Piano Tuner

[Z! Reinhardt]

Welcome to the trade!!

Now ... join the Piano Technicians Guild and find yourself a mentor/teacher
or go to one of the few training programs available in this country.  (I
went to North Bennet Street School myself and had a great time learning a
lot.)

The SAT can be an incredible teaching tool, particularly in the areas of
stability and unisons (the slightest flaws in your technique will show up).
 However, you should really learn to tune by ear, because that is how you
learn to form judgments about how best to tune each individual piano based
on its own quirks and other factors that give each their unique
personalities.

I for one use the SAT a lot (nothing like it for doing pitch corrections),
but having tuned by ear for 9 years before buying the SAT, I'm one who
feels compelled to check the tuning aurally (and make any corrections
necessary) before handing the customer the bill.  Certain pianos have
certain scaling patterns that call for a certain level of creativity to
make them sound musical, and this creativity is not always available in a
VTD (visual tuning device).

Z! Reinhardt RPT
Ann Arbor  MI
diskladame@provide.net

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From: Jazzizzzzz@AOL.COM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: SAT II Anybody? Aprentice Piano Tuner
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 8:11 PM

Aprentice Piano Tuner Technician Here. 

Age26

AnyBody Got a used Sat II They are wanting to sell?