<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C66D6F.CC6D4B30">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> Hi Sam,<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> I also took the American School Of Piano tuning course. It teaches you just enough to get you into lots of trouble. I wound up joining the Piano Guild and it was the best thing I could have done for myself. They are all willing to help you out and teach you things that the A.S.O.P.T just doesn’t teach. The first thing you will learn is not to many tuners use the “C” fork for tuning anymore so go out and buy an A-440 fork.<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Ron Boyd<o:p></o:p> Milwaukee, Wi<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> -----Original Message----- From: Samuel Choy [mailto:sam@scpianoservice.com] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 9:05 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Newbe question <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Hi,<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> A little introduction,<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> I recently completed the American School of Piano Tuning program and am starting a business, part time at first, as a piano technician. But I am very serious, I've been 10 years in the corporate world and am very sick of it. Seems kind of risky to plan to leave a good paying job at a large company, but I hate what I do now and love pianos.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Anyway, I thought the American School of Piano Tuning program was pretty good. There was a link to it off the RTP Web site, so I didn't think that it could be all that bad. However, I don't feel like I have all the skills I need. I feel like I know just enough to be dangerous. So to practice, I  bought myself an old Kimball grand piano (built in the 30s) that was in horrible shape with the intent to fix it up. <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> The sound board is cracked, the ivories are cracked, the hammers are deeply grooved, and it needs to be restrung. In the action, it looks like a lot of the felts are worn and should be replaced. And it needs to be refinished.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> At worse, I think that this will be a good education, at best, if I do good job refurbishing it, I could at least get my money back if not make some.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Did any of you do anything like this?<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Also, sorry if this is an old question, but is liquid hide glue as good as the hide glue you have to mix in a heating pot?<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Thanks.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Nice to meet all of you.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Sam Choy<o:p></o:p> Samuel Choy Piano Service<o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>