I play both piano and violin. I was and still am fascinated by how a technician can get the touch and tone I require for a particular set of repertoire, despite my colorful descriptions of what I wanted. Last year doing a programme of Brahms and Rachmaninov, the piano would go out rather frequently with 4-6 hrs a day of use. The Technician did not mind my questions about how to tune and was in fact encouraging. This support led me to begin my own journey to becoming a competent technician. With the violin, I change strings and on occasion bridge shape, depending on the music. I'm not saying every pianist should tune their own instrument; just that what you say to a pianist has an impact and that, combined with a strong desire and a willingness to sit, watch and learn (and make mistakes!) could lead a newbie into the profession. That's my two cents worth! Harry Harry Pickett -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Phil Bondi Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 7:03 AM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Maybe they should all try to tune their own pianos.... My own experience here is taking a call from someone to order chromatic tuning forks, which I did. At least they knew enough to try to use source tones for an octave. I don't consider them a client or a customer. I don't believe I ever heard from them again, so their tuning must be good. 2 teachers I service have a tuning hammer to touch-up unisons between tunings, but they're regular clients of mine, also. -Phil Bondi (Fl.) phil@philbondi.com _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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