This afternoon, I wrote a letter to the first piano technician I ever watched tuning a piano. That was back in the early '60s, and even as a pretty young kid, I thought it was the most wonderful thing ever. He'll be 80 this summer and is celebrating his 40th year in the PTG. I don't expect him to remember me, but he surely did change my life. So, when I work in a house with kids (or interested adults), I always take time to show them what's going on inside the piano and how things work, in general. With case parts removed, I encourage them to play so they can see it all in motion. (I've heard that the little ones don't pound as much afterwards.) And this month, I've heard from two young tuning customers who have decided they want to try their hands at being technicians. They're both good pianists and budding composers, but I'm pretty sure neither of them had ever considered being a technician until we spent time talking about it and poking around inside pianos together. And you can bet they've heard a lot about the PTG and why they should join! <g> What goes around does come around.......... Annie Grieshop
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