Birdcage Pianos

Billbrpt@AOL.COM Billbrpt@AOL.COM
Sat, 22 Dec 2001 04:49:18 EST


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List,

I have never had the opportunity to tune one of these.  Any that I have ever 
seen (just a few) were too old and deteriorated to be serviceable.  I'm glad, 
however that now there are some constructive answers to questions about them. 

When I first joined this list a few years ago, someone asked an honest 
question about them and got the most condescending answer possible from 
someone who is now, thankfully gone and hopefully will never return.  The 
phrase was "Birdcages are for the birds!".

When I tried to write a constructive answer, this guy went ballistic.  Take 
it from me that nearly anyone who talks the way he did is interested in one 
thing only:  to make everyone think that he (and sometimes a she too) is 
God's gift to the piano tuning profession.  You'll never get any useful 
information from this kind of person.  You'll only be made to feel like an 
idiot for not calling virtually all pianos a "PSO", "junk" or some other 
insult.

When you have a few of these type dominating the list, there is nothing to 
discuss because it is presumed that everyone already knows everything.  
Therefore, a discussion list for piano technology rarely gets involved with 
any details, there are only one line jokes and off topic anecdotes.  Actually 
answering someone's question with detail and purpose is unwelcome.

I sure am glad those days are gone and that what appears here presently is 
worthwhile.  In my view, there are very few pianos out there which are 
categorically not worth servicing.  Most worthless pianos are already gone.  
The recent topic of the Lindner is one exception.  They were built mostly of 
plastic which biodegraded after 15-20 years to the point where the material 
just crumbles in your hands.

While there are a few technicians who limit their practice to high quality 
grands or only do concert or university work, the vast majority of us work on 
a mix of pianos of all types.  The kinds of questions and comments that come 
up are what keeps this discussion going and interesting.

I'm glad to be part of it and the old pecking order is long gone.

Bill Bremmer RPT
Madison, Wisconsin
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