In need of some encouragement

[Shawn Brock]

Hello David, i know how it is.  Every tuner goes through it.  Nevin Essex 
once told me whin I first started, "whin you want to toss your damn tools 
through a window thats whin you will get it.  Most people quit before that 
ever happens."  In time I found this to bee so so true.  I thought man, i 
have a good ear for music, i never play out of tune, what the heck is rong 
with me!  Why cant i get this?  Then a day or so later it just came to me. 
He new what he was talking about.  I feel good about my tuning now  But man, 
at first i just didnt get it!  You just have to keep on keeping on man.  If 
this is what you want to do, you will get it.  It just takes time.  Maby you 
might think of takeing a few lessons from a good established tuner.  If 
nothing elts it will motivate you to keep tuning.  If I can ever bee of any 
help dont hesitate to call me.  I'm still new at all of this, but i am doing 
pretty good tunings finely.  Good luck to you.
Shawn Brock
Cincinnati Sound Lab
130 East Sixth Street
Cincinnati Oh.
45202
Phone: 513-349-8541
Web Site:
www.cincysoundlab.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David B. Stang" <stangdave at columbus.rr.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 12:57 PM
Subject: In need of some encouragement


> Friends,
> I'm feeling a little bit discouraged for two reasons.
>
> First, I am really struggling with my aural temperament tuning. I 
> understand intellectually how it is supposed to fit together, how all the 
> intervals ought to beat, and so on. But I have been practicing at home and 
> at customers' homes for a few months now, and I still just can't do it 
> right. By "do it right" I mean get it close enough to pass the RPT exam (I 
> use my ETD to test myself). My main problem, I think, is, I just can't 
> always hear the beats. For instance, I can nearly always hear the F3-A3 
> Major 3rd, and the F3-D4 6th. But I struggle to hear the A3-C#4 and 
> especially struggle to hear the C#4-F4. I can't percieve those faster 
> beats. And sometimes I can't hear the beating even when it's supposed to 
> be slow. Sometimes the 5ths and 4ths are loud and clear; other times they 
> are not there at all. Are my ears the problem? Is it my brain?
>
> Second, I am discouraged with my business. I could use some more 
> customers. I have gotten every kind of marketing advice imaginable - 
> that's not what I need. I am unhappy because I am kind of shy, and I just 
> don't do some of those assertive things that many business people do. It 
> doesn't come naturally for me to sell myself. (Like my friend Jon 
> Ralinovsky who was just e-ridiculed on this list, for simply posting the 
> link to the Cincinnati Seminar without tooting his own horn about the good 
> stuff he has lined up!) Maybe I don't have the right personality to run my 
> own business.
>
> Any words of wisdom would be appreciated.
> Thanks
>
> David B. Stang, 2/3-rds of the way toward RPT
> Columbus, Ohio
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