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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>pianotune05<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:10 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Our own pianos<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Avery,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I agree with you. It's dificult to tune, but I tuned
a new piano that didn't hold well not too long agon. It's interesting I
must add. I wanted someone I met in our field to see how my tuning is
doing. I tuned for them, and it took me forever as usual.;) The
tuning was great. A week later, I tuned for them again, and they wanted me
to do two pianos. I did them in the same time frame The pins on these were
tight, stiff and I had to work hard with them. My unisons were "squirly"
as in someting that eats acorns? :) I'm not sure what they meant.
Anyway, I need to up my speed and somehow get past this awesoe tuning squirly
tuning swing and stay on a steady flow of awesome tunings. I usually get
the unisons in really well. Have you guys had this happen in the beginning of
your careers?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall<BR><SPAN class=050583703-27042006><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2>[Leslie Bartlett] </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT><SPAN class=050583703-27042006><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>How about all through one's
career........................................ It never ends which
is why the better tuners say that every piano can be a teacher. I
personally think a piano can't be "forced"into tune, but the tuner has to come
to understand the particular "personality" of the piano and work as the piano
allows. But then I'm crazy............. :-) After I've done
some big deal tuning for a concert here or there, I'll inevitably come on some
"thing" which will eat my lunch and make me pretty sure I know nothing at
all. Ron Nossaman did a whole class a couple years ago,
spending an hour and a half telling us a piano can't be tuned.
Horrible class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - and one of the most
useful I've ever attended. But now, each time I sit down at a piano I
remind myself it can't be tuned, and I find a burden lifted as I go about doing
the best my skills will allow, and accept the fact that the perfectionist
ideal I seek doesn't exist.It keeps one humble,and ever
learning</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=050583703-27042006> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT><SPAN
class=050583703-27042006><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>les
bartlett</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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