concert tuning

[John Minor]

On Tue, 26 Sep 1995 Kam544@aol.com wrote:

> For visiting artists: I am there without fail to see them through the
> intermission if not longer.  Something about someone coming to town...the
> least I can do is be there for them, especially when it directly involves the
> "pinnacle example of the instrument" that my life's work revolves around.

      This is well put, Keith! We all seem to stray somewhat from the
original intent of our passion surrounding this instrument.

>
> There is a special magic, a rapport, that goes beyond words and recompense,
> when the visiting artist knows that even the piano tuner/technician is there
> to serve their needs.  Some of greatest tricks of the trade that I know are
> because of visiting artists.  They have helped take me to new levels of
> proficiency in piano service.

      "Serve their needs" is exactly what our job is! We tend to forget who
we are working for, and what we are working towards, as technicians
and as artists in our own right!


       "We may use wood with intelligence only if we understand wood"
                  -----Frank Lloyd Wright
           John Minor//University of Illinois//jminor@uiuc.edu