Knot Tying, was: An Awesome Moment

[Farrell]

Regarding tying knots in wire. I'm not very good at it either, but I do manage to get the job done when I need to. One little "trick" I use is to keep my "cheat sheet" in my string box. I scanned the knot tying pictures - I think I found them in Reblitz - and keep the sheet in my box. I open that rascal up every time I tie a knot. I figure it's always better to double check and make sure the little end is going through the right loop in the right direction, etc. I think I have only had one or two slip on me - likely goofed up even with my sheet. Usually works real well though.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: An Awesome Moment


> Awesome indeed! And I'll bet you will learn to tie an awesome knot in a piano wire in the future! Congrats!
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carol R. Beigel" <crbrpt@bellatlantic.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:02 PM
> Subject: An Awesome Moment
> 
> 
> > I sometimes think that if I was a piano salesperson, and someone came into
> > my store looking to spend a few hundred dollars on a used instrument, that I
> > would show them the finest, most magnificent piano in the store, first.  I
> > would want them to hear the magnificence and beauty of this unique
> > instrument, and let them decide for themselves how much they want to
> > compromise.  How can someone be taught quality if they never see or hear it?
> > 
> > We tell people who want to join our profession to acquire an old upright and
> > practice repair and regulation.  Then we ask them to practice tuning on it!
> > Perhaps if we took this aspiring piano technician to the symphony and had
> > them listen to a piano concerto played by someone who could really play the
> > piano, they would see what an awesome profession this can be.  They would
> > know from the beginning what the top skill level could produce.  Maybe they
> > would not settle for less than RPT.
> > 
> > For the past 24 years, I have been trying to learn to be a competent piano
> > technician.  The mechanical part of our profession, with the exception of
> > tying a knot is piano wire, has seemed to come fairly easily to me, but
> > learning to tune a piano has been the hardest thing I ever learned to do.
> > It is the only endeavor that I ever failed at - flunking the tuning exam at
> > least four times during my first 6 years in the business.  I have never
> > forgotten those failed exams, and they have always been in the back of my
> > mind - creating a lingering doubt that I might not be up to standard when it
> > really counted.
> > 
> > This weekend I attended the first full symphony orchestra concert in my
> > adult life.  I heard my first piano concerto.  I met my first professional
> > pianist.  I heard my tuning on a concert hall stage for the first time.  It
> > was an awesome moment in my life.  I guess I better learn to tie a knot in
> > piano wire!
> > 
> > Carol Beigel, RPT
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