[CAUT] Piano Cuneiform

[David Ilvedson]

I wasn't too impressed with the voicers in that movie...of course we didn't really see much...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Jeff Tanner" <tannertuner at bellsouth.net>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 3/20/2010 9:25:59 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano Cuneiform


>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