Question for tuner/techs who play.

[Dean May]

I'm not much of a pianist so I learned to play chromatic arpeggios. Then
I know about half a dozen recognizable tunes that I can play fairly well
with some glissandos and arpeggios thrown in for wow effect. 

It totally impresses customers who think I must play professionally
somewhere. 

Dean
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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of gordon stelter
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:33 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Question for tuner/techs who play.

Since I tune ET, a piece with a complex chord in
chromatic ascension shows nicely if everything is in
order. These 20th century compositions were written
only because ET was used. They would have sonded like
crap in other temperaments.  ( Gershwin and such. ) 
    The introduction to "The Doll Dance" by Nacio Herb
Brown uses this motif, as well as Erno Rapee's waltz
"Diane" ( From "Seventh Heaven"-1927 and also used in
the "party Scene" from "Sunset Boulevard" )
    Thump

P.S. Then I play "Grace and Beauty" by James Scott,
just to make them feel bad for not cleaning the keys
before I arrived. 

--- Jim Kinnear <jim@pianoguy.com> wrote:

> Hey, what's wrong with being 'showy' . .  unless
> you've just tuned for Paderewski, and then you feel
> like a complete idiot !!!!
> 
> ps . .  I whip off a few Joplin tunes, and feel
> justifiably competant !
> 
> Jim Kinnear
> www.pianoguy.com
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: John Delmore 
>   To: pianotech@ptg.org 
>   Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 3:55 PM
>   Subject: Question for tuner/techs who play.
> 
> 
>   Hi all:
> 
>   I was wondering if some of the techs who play have
> any favorite pieces they play when finished a
> tuning, to see how things sound musically ?  I would
> think something that ranges over the keyboard fairly
> well, maybe plenty of octaves, but not something so
> showy as to intimidate the client (still want their
> opinion, right?).  What do you think? 
> 
>   John Delmore 
> 


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