Hello Chuck, Please include me on your list and thanks for sharing your knowledge. Best, Aart Aart in America Piano Services Hoboken, N.J. 07030 201 406 2594 aartinamerica at optonline.net On May 8, 2009, at 7:42 AM, Chuck Behm wrote: > Hello all - One more time I want to encourage anyone who has given the > idea of branching out from a tuning / repair business into something > more complete to take me up on my offer of receiving an on-going > photographic record of a restoration in progress. If you've ever have > the idea of clearing out some garage space, constructing a work bench > and bringing home a piano to tear into on your own, this opportunity > is for meant for you. > > This will be a more complete journal of pictures than we have ever > done in the past. So far, Dave and I have torn the case down and begun > stripping parts,and removed and miked the strings. While we are not > going to do absolutely everything that could be done to this piano, we > are going to do a lot, and plenty of procedures will be covered in the > process. > > So far, I've sent out 2 batches of photos, totaling 38 shots, with > captions for every photograph. I'm going to really try to include > pictures of every "trick of the trade" that I know in the process. > While I certainly don't know everything there is to know (no one > does), I have learned quite a bit in the past three and a half decades > of working on pianos, and I am willing to share everything I've > learned. This isn't the fried chicken business, after all. There are > no secret recipes here. > > Thinking back to when I started in this business, I know this type of > on-going record would have been invaluable, in that a lot of things > that I had to learn by trial and error (and believe me, I had plenty > of those) would have been made clear. Although I read and reread every > issue of the Journal, and all the books on the subject that I could > find, there was nothing like this available anywhere. We live in a > marvelous age. > > I would love to see some other technicians follow up on this and > produce photographic records of work in process in their own shops. > There are some procedures I've never tried that I would be fascinated > in watching in progress. Those of you with more advanced techniques > and elaborate shops, please give this some thought. > > Anyway, one last time, if you would like to be included, just respond > on the list to this offer, or e-mail me directly, and I'll add you to > my mailing list. I'll start by sending you the 2 batches of photos and > commentary which I've already sent out to catch you up with what's > been done so far. > > I've been really encouraged by the number of people showing interest > already. The willingness of people to share their knowledge with > others really makes this a great profession. Chuck >
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