Maybe they should all try to tune their own pianos....

[Farrell]

I keep a 12" fan in my trunk in the summer time. Occasionally use it in a home, but often use it in churches, etc.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 12:53 AM
Subject: RE: Maybe they should all try to tune their own pianos....


> Whenever someone expresses interest, I encourage them to get a tuning
> hammer to try and clean up a unison here and there if it starts to drift. 
> I think most serious pianists ought to be able to do a couple of things,
> adjust a pedal, take off the fall board to retrieve a pencil, clean up a
> unison.  Many of the conservatories have a mandatory piano technology class
> that piano majors must take.  Many seem to find ways to avoid it.  My
> experience is that once they try to tune a unison, they appreciate much
> more what you do.  
> 
> BTW, I had the great misfortune of scheduling a number of appointments in
> the south bay today.  Was it only 105?  I almost stopped at the local
> hardware and bought myself a mini fan.  Had I thought of it earlier in the
> day, I would have.    
> 
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: 
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Sent: 6/26/2003 5:18:37 PM 
> Subject: Maybe they should all try to tune their own pianos....
> 
> 
> Hi all, 
> 
> I sent a post a couple of weeks ago about going out to tune a piano for a
> gentleman who had attempted to tune his own instrument.  He was actually a
> very nice guy, and played the piano quite well, and because he had a pretty
> muusical ear, he thought it would be a piece o' cake. 
> 
> I got a call back from him yesterday telling me what a great job I did, and
> how "in tune" the piano sounds.  That kind of phone call is always nice to
> get.  But it got me to thinking...was it because he had attempted to
> achieve a good tuning on his own that he appreciated the work of a
> professional tuner?   
> 
> Maybe some of our less appreciative customers should be given a tuning
> hammer and allowed to try their luck.  Anybody else ever have this
> experience? 
> 
> Dave Stahl 
> 
> 
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