On 01/31/2011 08:42 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > > So - yes - I do have and use some aural tuning skills - specifically > enough to do the unisons. > > Duaine > > The first step in learning to tune by ear is by tuning unisons. Once > you understand what you have to listen to, (eliminating the > beats), you work on octaves. It's really not that difficult, Duaine, > if you just take the time to learn. BTW, I - can - also - tune octaves > > BTW, not to open up a past subject, but I asked you who had listened > to your Cybertuning tuning, to make sure it's good. You mentioned your > mentor. That's fine. But is he with you on every tuning? Just because > he listened to you once, doesn't mean each and every tuning is right on. You must have missed the fact that we trained side-by-side for several months - not - just - once. Plus, there were several times, I was effectively under his wing - meaning we went out on several places where multiple pianos needed to be tuned. I tuned some and he tuned some, and checked mine before we left. > > You also mentioned that you don't want to, or need to, go to > conventions or seminars because there is nothing there for you to > learn. (That they concentrate too much on grand tuning and repair, and > not enough on uprights and/or player repair). I've attended about 60 > seminars and/or conventions in the 34 years I've been in the PTG. Not > once have I gone to one where I didn't learn something. Now maybe it's > because my service area is a little more expanded than yours, but even > if you want to limit yourself to upright and/or payer repair, there > are always enough classes on that subject, plus business classes, > tuning classes, health related classes, etc. to make it worth your > while to attend a seminar. And what's wrong with learning a little > more about grand pianos? After all, you tuned a Steinway B. Perhaps if > you had taken a course on voicing, and/or advanced grand regulating, > you could have offered that customer additional services. Yes, conventions are nice - BUT - you have to have the money to go to them. You have to weigh the benefits of going - I can't afford to go to California for 2 or 3 classes out of the whole convention. I did go to the last convention that was in Kansas City - we also combined it with the family vacation. -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 11 years
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