Key Excursion

[Avery]

An apprentice I had a couple of years ago once told me that the 
tuning never bothered him.
Until he learned how to tune. More than once, he'd gone into a room 
to practice and some
unisons, etc. bothered him enough to come down to the shop and get his tools!

Knowledge can sometimes be a dangerous thing! :-D

Avery

At 12:31 PM 4/18/2006, you wrote:
>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, 
><mailto:BobDavis88 at aol.com>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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