As Pogo would say, "Oog"

[paul bruesch]

Shoemaker's kids, carpenter's kitchen, piano tech's spouse...

On Jan 31, 2008 6:55 PM, William R. Monroe <pianotech at a440piano.net> wrote:
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> Me either, unless it's the one in my living room.  ;-]
> I just can't seem to find time (much to my wife's dismay).
>
> William R. Monroe
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Formsma
> To: pianotuner at embarqmail.com ; Pianotech List
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:33 AM
> Subject: Re: As Pogo would say, "Oog"
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> On Jan 31, 2008 9:24 AM, Alan Barnard <pianotuner at embarqmail.com> wrote:
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> > Disney's classic song, "Some Day My Pianotuner Will Come"
> >
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> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4362311798892212010&q=piano&total=300814&start=0&num=10&so=1&type=search&plindex=9
> >
> > Biggest mystery in the piano business: How can so many talented
> people--who've spent years and years practicing the piano--have such lousy
> ears? Especially some music and piano teachers I have met, and a couple of
> conservatory-trained classicists.
> >
> > Alan Barnard
> > Salem, MO
> >
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> Merciful heavens!
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> I don't know what it is, either.  Music teachers are sometimes the worst.  I
> have one teacher client who is a year overdue on her tunings.   She has a
> Steinway B, Yamaha P22, and a Story&Clark piece of furniture.  She is
> talented, and she can appreciate an in-tune piano.  But I can't figure out
> why she doesn't have her pianos tuned every six months.  They always sounds
> awful when I get there.
>
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> Maybe it's because I'm in the piano tuning business.  But I just can't stand
> playing a piano that is much out of tune.
>
> --
> JF
>