learner with some questions

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

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Nancy,
Check out the www.ptg.org website and find the closest RPT to 
you.  They may have or may know someone who has time to work with 
you.  A rebuilder usually can use a hand about the shop 
occasionally.  What really goes a long way is to join the active PTG 
chapter nearest you.  Then attend regional conferences and when you 
can, the national.
As for working on your own piano: dive in.  As long as it isn't 
destructive, plan on being able to reverse whatever you do.  Nothing 
like fiddling around with an action and a book in one hand.  You 
really get to understand it, sometimes you improve things too.
Ready for the real world in tuning...how about being able to 
confidently tune 8 cents or less and get done in under two 
hours.  You can flat fee your tunings too, but people start looking 
at their watches.  I do tell them that a pitch correction takes more 
time and costs more (of course then they tell me, "We just want the 
regular tuning please"). ;-)

Andrew
At 07:42 AM 8/5/2005, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm new here and trying to learn the art of piano tuning and some of 
>the "fixing" that goes along with it.  I have the Randy Potter video 
>course and also have software for palm pilot which I think has 
>helped me to quicken the learning process.
>
>I am wondering if you have suggestions as to how to find someone who 
>might want to mentor me.  I would expect that I could be somewhat of 
>a nuisance as I would no doubt have lots of questions and would want 
>to do some hands on work.
>
>As techs, do you feel that it would seem inappropriate to hire 
>someone to regulate my piano and then ask to observe the 
>process?  It does need some work and I'm a bit hesitant to just dive 
>in for fear that I might do something to the piano I'd regret.  I 
>have certainly tuned it numerous times and fiddled here and there 
>with it .   I did break a string which also needs to be replaced and 
>would like to observe that as well.
>
>I'd really like to learn but wonder if other tuners would perceive 
>me as a pain in the rear  or potential competition  that they'd 
>rather do without.
>
>Also, is there some kind of consensus as to how many pianos a person 
>has to tune before they are ready for the real world?  How does one 
>know when the time is right to start charging rather than tuning for 
>friends as practice?  Does a newbie tell the customer that they're 
>new and charge less than a well seasoned tech?
>
>Any way, just hoping someone here might have some insight.
>
>Thanks,  nancy
>
>
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