There is a Steinway factory tour movie called "Note By Note" (www.notebynotethemovie.com) which includes interviews with factory workers. They spend quite a long time with one of the voicers, who also pulled out a tuning hammer from time to time. He'd play a bit, tune a bit and voice a bit, then play some more. Any employer who has an employee who builds a large toolbox full of skills risks losing that employee to higher paying private work, and f/t university caut work is a prime example. But seeing this video makes me think that the urban legend you refer to is just a myth, as are many urban legends related to Steinway that tend to be generated by competition or otherwise disgruntled persons. Jeff Tanner ----- Original Message ----- From: reggaepass at aol.com Reminded me of something I once heard about how Steinway doesn't/didn't teach their voicers how to tune. It would be tougher for me to voice a piano that is not in tune, but, as the urban legend has it, Steinway's experience was if someone can tune and voice, they might be lured away by (higher paying) private work. Alan Eder -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100320/64db3179/attachment.htm>
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