Piano tuning training

Brian Lawson lawsonic@global.co.za
Mon, 5 Nov 2001 06:50:37 +0200


You are very young to be tuning pianos (when I was)

Brian


>
> > I am interested in exploring a career
> > as a piano technician. I live in Los Angeles
> > and have the following questions:
> >
> > 1. how can I determine if I have the
> > aptitude and talent for this?
> >
> Lev,
>     The most important  criteria is to be able to listen to the following
> comments from customers for the duration of your working life:
>
>         1. When I was a kid we had a piano tuner who was blind !
>         2. You can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish !
>         3. When I was a kid we had an old piano and my Father and brothers
> smashed it up and
>             took it to the dump !
>         4.This was my Grandmothers Betsy Ross spinet---she was a concert
> pianist !
>         5.Do you do this full time?
>         6. How did you get into this line of work---Did your father teach
> you ?
>         7. So you must play the piano .
>
>         I could go on but my business line is ringing------Hello.--- No
you
> don't have to bring the piano to me----
>
>         Tom Driscoll
>
>         Tom Driscoll.
>
> took it to the dump.
>



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