David, Although I cannot come to KC this June, I, for one, would be thrilled to make a contribution to PTG (or almost anyone else) for an hour with a talented aural tuner. I keep poking around looking for a mentor and despite the wonderful support on this board it¹s difficult for me to find someone genuinely interested in helping me learn this trade locally. If I had the money to pay a mentor as they deserve to be compensated it would probably be easier but I do have other skills to offer. Our local PTG chapter is full of talented people but I just don¹t know how to engage them in a way that would seem like a fair trade. Any suggestions are more than welcomed. Thanks, David david at pianogrammar.com www.pianogrammar.com St. Paul, MN ³Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power. ³ - Joan Didion On 6/8/07 3:36 PM, "David Andersen" <david at davidandersenpianos.com> wrote: > > On Jun 8, 2007, at 8:08 AM, Rick Osborne wrote: > >> >> Although I am tuning pianos for pay and am fairly pleased with my work, I am >> keenly aware that I will never be completely satisfied with my work as a >> tuner until I am satisfied with it as a teacher and musician. > Right on. That's the attitude to take. >> >> >> >> >> >> I believe that I'm doing all the right things, but I still want to progress >> more quickly. I would also like to speed up my tuning in a client's home. >> So, I am giving serious consideration to purchasing a Sanderson Accu-tuner. >> I have heard wonderful things about this piece of equipment and, my >> intentions have always been to buy one eventually. Any input from some of you >> who own one would be very helpful. >> > I deeply encourage you to get some one-on-one mentoring with a great aural > tuner before you jump off into ETD-land. > > Please consider coming to KC this June; it would be my pleasure to give you an > hour of tutoring if you would make a donation to the PTG foundation. > > I believe our wetware, our bodies, are massively underutilized in the tuning > process, and I----or any real good "ear" tuner---could give you some immensely > helpful tips in a short period of time to improve your speed and your > pleasure. > > I'll say it again: the more "custom" and musical your tunings are, based on > the piano you're tuning's UNIQUE tuning/stretching/inharmonicity requirements, > the more rapidly your reputation will grow, and your journey to the high end > of our business will be turbo-charged. That's the cold, hard Darwinian reality > out here in the real world. Don't even think about challenging this one; I've > seen it over and over again in the 35 years I've been in the craft and > business---the guy that tunes best wins. Period. > > So---using an ETD to train your ears is a beautiful thing---and ultimately, > listening with a relaxed, focused attention > is the greatest tool you have, and the most profitable AND pleasurable > skillset to acquire. > > Stay aural for a while; get some help. Then, when you please yourself > aurally, if you want to use a machine as an aid to improvement, fine. > > Just like muscles, both your ears and your ability to listen in a relaxed and > focused manner need to be exercised in order to improve, and improvement is > the lifeblood of a healthy piano service career. > > Best, > David Andersen > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070608/08cdeeaa/attachment.html
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