Randy Potter's Seminar

[Farrell]

To cut to the chase: If you don't have an old piano to practice on, "HOW DO 
YOU EXPECT TO LEARN IT"!

Don't mean to get on your case, but I really don't think it is possible to 
work through his course without a practice piano. You mention that the 
tuning isn't a problem to learn - but how on earth can you learn to tune 
without a piano to practice tuning on? Use that same piano to learn 
regulation.

And BTW, there is ALWAYS room for an old used piano! Two feet by five feet - 
that's all you need!

I bought an old Starr upright to practice tuning and regulation on. Ten 
years later, it still is a benefit to me: The pinblock serves as some major 
components in my overhead drill press; the backposts have gone into belly 
bracing on a few grands; the keybed makes for a nice shop shelf; and the 
Knabe I am currently finishing up has a few hunks of the Starr's plate 
epoxied on the bottom side where my vertical hitches had to go into a thin 
area on the plate.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
> I find it very interesting that you had no help from any technicians  in 
> your area.  I find myself in a similar position.  Now to be fare,  I have 
> some help from a local piano technician/rebuilder in the area  in which I 
> live from time to time, but his time is very limited.  My  question to you 
> and anyone else  who is currently or who has dealt  with the same 
> situation iS "HOW DO YOU DO IT!!
> Randy's course is wonderful, and I have learned a great deal from it,  but 
> I am having a very difficult time getting any hands-on practice.   For one 
> thing, I don't have the room to bring in an old used piano to  work on. 
> For another, the time factor is a real problem.  It isn't  the tuning; 
> it's learning the repair and regulation.  Trust me; I'm  not complaining, 
> but if anyone has any helpful suggestions, I would  love to read them. 
> Thanks.
>
> Rick Osborne