This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment You have to also keep in mind that some people people are not fit to be piano teachers. It is obvious if they want to get their piano tuned only once every two to three years. Matthew RptBob1@AOL.COM wrote: > In a message dated 12/14/99 10:19:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, > caute@accessnt.com.au writes: > > << > > My piano teacher, when she was asked what is the prerequisite of > > becoming a musician, would answer that one must have a good ear. At the > > beginning of a master class with new students, the first order of > > business would be to check for perfect pitch. This was how she knew who > > was talented. > > >> > List: > This is so much hogwash. Not wanting to add fuel to the fire but.... in my > long experience, I have found a tremendous lack of pitch knowledge especially > amongst pianists and piano teachers. Why else would so many of them have > their pianos tuned once every two or three years whether it is needed or not. > And how can one explain the large numbers of vocal teachers I have > encountered who really are totally unaware of whether or not not their school > piano is in tune. The only time I get a call is when a unison has really > slipped badly and is obvious to everyone in their classroom or something is > not working properly and I get a call to fix a note that is "out of tune". > > This is the rule rather than the exception- in over 30 years of Tuning. > > Firehoses to the ready!! > > Bob Bergantino, RPT > Willoughby Hills, Ohio ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mtodd.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 157 bytes Desc: Card for Matthew Todd Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/80/0b/44/7d/mtodd.vcf ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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