[pianotech] Technician's manual

[David Nereson]

Yes, the Reblitz book is good.  PTG also has a Guide to Field 
Repairs ($30) and the various Journal Reprint books at $10 each, 
or $50 for all nine of them, which covers a lot of material. 
See the PTG Official Online Store.  Then there's the old Tuner's 
Pocket Companion by Oliver Faust that Schaff sells -- it's sort 
of old and quaint, but has a lot of the basic quirks and 
repairs.  Floyd Stevens' "Piano Tuning, Repair & Repbuilding" is 
similar to the Reblitz book, also from Schaff.
    If you're in Denver, the Denver Chapter may have some of 
these which you could borrow or peruse.  The collection is kept 
at Onofrio Pianos on South Broadway.  Ask for Ed Howes.  Or come 
to a chapter meeting on the 2nd Tues. of each month (except 
December and June - August).
    --David Nereson, RPT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Letty Graff" <LGraff at graffsturffarms.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 9:24 AM
Subject: [pianotech] Technician's manual


I am an apprenticing piano technician, and recently my mentor 
showed me
a manual he has used for many years: Piano Servicing, Tuning, 
and
Rebuilding by Arthur A. Reblitz (c) 1976.  I would love to have 
an
overall technician "manual" such as this, that addresses all 
manner of
common piano repairs, etc.  Have any of you used this book, or 
do you
have other books you would recommend that have been helpful to 
you?
Thank you!

Letty Graff

Fort Morgan, CO