Do you play piano?

[Annie Grieshop]

The tuner who used to work this area didn't play a note, which apparently
amazed his customers as much as it did me.  And I've picked up quite a bit
of regulation work, etc., that he might have noticed needed doing, if he had
played.  Most of the techs I know can play at least enough to test the piano
and show off their work to their customers.

That's the part I don't get:  how do you know whether the piano works
correctly if you can't play it?  Maybe that's one distinction between a
"tuner" and a "technician".

I've been playing since I could reach the keys, and now play in bands, for
weddings, church, etc.  One of the reasons I'm moving is to get back to my
old band buddies, where I'll have opportunities to play for contradances
more than a couple times/year.  It'll be the first time in 5 years that I
won't have a regular church gig, and that will be nice, too, as it  will
mean I can go dancing, myself, without worrying about going to work in the
morning. <g>

Annie Grieshop

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of Gregor _
> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 10:51 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Do you play piano?
>
>
> >From: piannaman at aol.com
>
>
>   >I noticed how badly I need to employ myself on my OWN piano.  I can't
> afford me though....:-)
> >
>
>
> That´s funny, because that´s true for more or less every job. Ask a car
> mechanic...........
>
> I started to play piano when I was 15 and always played in bands
> since that
> time. Today I have a band with good old friends and we play just cover
> versions, sitting and talking and drinking a lot of beer in the practice
> room. Yeah, nice hobby!
>
> Would anybody like to give a rough estimation on how many percent of the
> techs you know don´t play piano? Just curious.
>
> Gregor
>
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