Hi Brian, You have hit ALL nails on the head! Great advice! I knew I could count on this forum for help when I needed it. Thanks again! Terry On Wed, 09 February 2000, "Brian Trout" wrote: > > Hi Terry, > > Try to be positive, but honest. You don't want to promise you can deliver > the moon 'cause they'll want it delivered by noon...yesterday! But by the > same token, you don't want to down-play your true abilities and potential. > If you don't toot your own horn here, no one else is going to do it for you. > I learned this the hard way, and worked for a lot less than they would have > paid... but I didn't ask. Live and learn. > > As for the tuning part of it, it would be good to try to determine what > you're trying to accomplish. What is your prospective boss looking for? > Does he want a demonstration of how fast you can go? Does he want to know > how well you can tune? There are trade-offs, and he should know about them. > He won't get an excellent concert level tuning on a Betsy Ross spinet in 35 > minutes. (You know where I'm going...) Does he want to see if you will find > the inevitable sluggish key, sticky jack, or loose hammer head? Is he > expecting you to do some minor regulation such as taking up excess lost > motion that seems to "show up", etc.? Will he check to see if you found the > 'squeak' in the sustain pedal? Maybe, maybe not. I do hope you'll be alert > to those kinds of things. Being a piano player, it has helped me to see > things that would irritate me if I was sitting down to play that particular > piano. Perhaps a nice conversation with him ahead of time will give you a > feel of just what he's looking for. > > Good luck in your endeavors. Floor tuning can get you a lot of tunings > under your belt. And you'll no doubt run into lots of pesky little problems > to challenge your intellect. It's a good place to start. Develop those > skills!! > > Best wishes, > > Brian Trout > Quarryville, PA > btrout@desupernet.net ______________________________________________________________ Get free Internet service and email at http://www.worldspy.com
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