Key Excursion

[Michelle Smith]

As a piano instructor, I've always been fascinated by the work of the  
piano tuner/tech.  The only problem is it creates a new level of  
listening and I begin to hear problems that were probably already  
present in the piano.  (Result:  the dreaded call-back).

Similarly, as a student tech, I'm beginning to hear problems in our  
piano that I had the "luxury" of never hearing before.  Now, not only  
am I critical of the music but critical of the instrument as well.   
It's driving my husband nuts!  =)

Michelle Smith
Student Tuner
Bastrop, Texas

On Apr 18, 2006, at 12:04 PM, BobDavis88 at aol.com wrote:

> David Love writes:
> Sometimes people are sensitive to strange things.  While those  
> things have
> often fallen into the range of "normal", I'm not averse to trying  
> to find
> the pea in the mattress...as long as the meter is running.
> -THE- single best educational opportunity in my career has been  
> "crazy" clients. Over and over I find that when a client tells me  
> he feels or hears something, he feels or hears something. It might  
> not be something that bothers me or others, it might not be  
> something that is easy or cheap or even possible to fix; but the  
> search for an explanation (to both myself and the client) ALWAYS  
> leads to a better understanding of the subtleties of this  
> enormously complex instrument. It changes the desire for a crabby  
> dismissal into a cheerful detective story. If it's going to be  
> costly, I don't "warn" the client, I simply "let him know," which  
> relieves it of any emotional content for both of us, and creates a  
> partnership.
>
> I applaud David's taking this person seriously. While David, being  
> a pianist, might be more inclined to take this person seriously, a  
> technician doesn't have to be a pianist to get immense satisfaction  
> from the challenge of playing Superdective.
>
> Bob Davis

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