[pianotech] aural tuning

[Ryan Sowers]

Well, if you show up to a meeting where you are asking for a raise or an
increased budget...wear a tie!  =D

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Paul T Williams <
pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:

> Too bad that doesn't work for CAUT's ;>)
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>  From: Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: 01/26/2011
> 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] aural tuning
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> Well, like LaRoy Edwards has said, "If you would like to make more money,
> wear a tie. It's Ok if you don't want to make more money. But if you do,
> wear a tie."
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> Ryan
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> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Marshall Gisondi <*
> pianotune05 at hotmail.com* <pianotune05 at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> By responding to the list about aural tuning, I feel as if I just bought a
> puppy and forgot to house train him, I better watch where I step. :-)   As a
> vison impaired person, we were trained the aural method at the school of
> course.  I recall hearing about an instance where Jim Coleman and Virgel
> Smith tuned.  When comared, the tunings turned out similar.  My take is, be
> the best at what you are best at, forgive the lingo here.  If using one of
> those fancy gadgets is your thing then by all means be the best you can be.
> If using God's tuning device is your thing then use it.  However, I think
> every piano tech should have a firm grasp on aural tuning should the
> energizer bunny decide to take a vacation while you're tuning.
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> I wear nice docker type pants or cargo type pants and a dress shirt with
> either a sweater vest or sweater lately. Or if it's warm enough, just a
> dress shirt or button down collar shirt.  In the summer I'll wear a nice
> golf shirt with docker type pants.  I'm thinking about having golf shirts
> made with my company name on them.  I love the pen idea, and I want to check
> out these books. Hopefully I can get them on barnes  & Noble or Amazon.
> Wearing a tie, aint gonna happen, unless of course I am tuning for a special
> occasion.  I will wear dress pants and dress shoes and dress shirt of
> course.  I have a friend who does wear the sport coat and tie to work.  It
> was interesting watching him help me fix a piano bench in my basement
> wearing church clothes.   :-)  I have about 100 ties I I don't even wear.
> However, if this is the key to obtaining more work, hey maybe I'll try it.
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> Well that's my take on things.  What do you guys think?
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> Ryan Sowers, RPT
> Puget Sound Chapter
> Olympia, WA
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Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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