BINGO! Thanks, it makes sense. My Band/Chorus Director was a superb musician and wonderful caring man - Donald Gay - who had a great impact on my life. He retired & I found out years later that he tuned pianos. He offered me his business but I didn't want to return to Maine. I thought he was crazy for tuning, what with his great talent. He brought out music I felt that was far beyond our individual talents. Clay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 12:29 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] hardening hammers on a Chinese PSO > Joseph Garrett wrote: >> Ron asked: "Why does everything have to be painfully loud now to be >> acceptable?"\ >> Ron, >> Because the population is well on the way to being totally DEAF! >> Especially, Music Teachers! Have you ever been in a band/choir room at >> your local H.S. when they're "hard at it"??? I suspect the teacher has a >> hearing impairment from years of teaching the little darlings.<G> Real >> glad I didn't go that route back then!! > > If you can't get "musical", go for pain. Seems a shame that so few > apparently appreciate the difference. As to band/choir teachers, I used to > wonder why so many piano tuners were retired band teachers, and then it > struck me. After all those years, they were so desperate to hear > something - anything, in tune... > Ron N
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