Hi, Jeff The amount of stress probably depends on work load, which I fully understand. We on the left coast also are blessed with a very even climate, so unless a piano is banged to death or left in a sunny window, our work tends to hang on pretty well, sometimes for years. If I have to do concert work in a roaring hurry, sure I feel stress. Otherwise, just puttering along, and not doing too many a week -- it's sort of like meditation. In fact, some customers tell me it's restful listening to it. We're all in different situations, and we're also different people, and we're different ages. I'm easing off the workload, thankful that I can. Susan >Hi Susan, >I've always felt an aural tuning takes as much out of me as a high >energy musical performance of the same length of time. After 26 >years, I still don't see how one can aurally tune a piano and it not >be stressful with the level of concentration required. Tuning >aurally in the university was exponentially more stressful. All that >hard effort wiped out in just a matter of days, and sometimes hours >really takes a toll on the old psyche. Buying an EDT was the best >thing I ever did for stress reduction. Er, 2nd best thing I ever >did for stress reduction. Quitting the university job was the best >thing, by far.
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