<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Sometimes I'll play the piano after a tuning, especially if it's a nice grand, to see how the piano sounds and plays (voicing issues? regulation issues?) and to "sell" the tuning, or in some cases to make up for the protracted One-note Samba. But I think it's good to be aware of whether there is a *player* at home. One time I tarried for some reason and discovered that the owner wanted his daughter to play on their very nicely rebuilt Steinway L. She sat down and played a Bach Sarabande that had me in tears. That this unassuming 18-year-old could play with such maturity and grace, I was just astounded. What a great treat for my ears (and heart) and I'm so glad that I didn't play a note. Tom Cole FRANCES HELMS wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mids3156991.028@mailer.topeka.k12.ks.us"> <pre wrap="">I have found that young children are sometimes delighted to play after I tune. Not the best way to check or show off a tuning, but they enjoy it. They're usually more likely to do so if I ask them before, not after I play. Their parents enjoy the opportunity to show the kids talents. Fran Helms, Piano Technician, Topeka, KS </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Tvak@aol.com"><Tvak@aol.com></a> 8/30/2005 4:59 PM >>> </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> In a message dated 8/29/05 2:49:17 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jodel@kairos.net">jodel@kairos.net</a> writes: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">not something so showy as to intimidate the client (still want their opinion, right?). What do you think? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I can't not intimidate them. Even playing simple pieces, technique shows through with phrasing, voicing, dynamics, etc. No one has ever sat down and played the piano after I test it. Ever. They all refuse. Whaddayagonnado? I don't play showy, arpeggio-ey things, either. Mozart Sonata in G, 2nd movement; Chopin Etude in Eb Major; Chopin Waltz in C# minor; and the intro to "Falling" from "THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG", by Marvin Hamlisch (I play it chromatically up from the original key of D to F, testing the top octaves/unisons). Other than showing the client how good their piano can sound, I'm primarily listening to unisons. Unisons are the only interval the consumer/pianist can detect when it's out. Between those first three pieces, I can hear melodically, every note between middle C and A5. Tom Sivak Chicago _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>