learner with some questions

[pianolover 88]

<<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? >>


About 1,000 on average.

Terry Peterson

<br><br><br>----Original Message Follows----<br>From: nancy downs 
&lt;eralna240@yahoo.com&gt;<br>Reply-To: Pianotech 
&lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt;<br>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>Subject: learner with 
some questions<br>Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 05:42:57 -0700 
(PDT)<br><br>Hi,<br><br>I'm new here and trying to learn the art of piano 
tuning and some of the &quot;fixing&quot; 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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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?<br><br>Any way, just hoping someone here 
might have some insight.<br><br>Thanks,  
nancy<br><br><br><br>---------------------------------<br>Yahoo! Mail<br>  
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