[pianotech] Restoration photos - one more chance to get on list

[MICHAEL MEZHINSKY]

Chuck,
Please, include me on your list.
Thanks,
Michael Mezhinsky

--- On Fri, 5/8/09, Chuck Behm <behmpiano at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Chuck Behm <behmpiano at gmail.com>
Subject: [pianotech] Restoration photos - one more chance to get on list
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 7:42 AM


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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