> In a message dated 4/20/02 4:03:48 PM Central Daylight Time, > Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no (Richard Brekne) writes: > I would love to see someone do, say, a 20 cent > pitch raise in under 15 minutes leaving the entire piano with no string > more than 3 cents off pitch. That would impress me. There are those...... > I kind of have to believe there are at least a few fellows / gals out there > who > can thus impress, but wonder I do, sorely if there aren't also significant > numbers of folk out there pushing unduly the limits of what they are capable > of, rooted in some perception of these acts of demonic speed as virtuous goals > in themselves. I am one of those but I consider it a 'demonic sport'. > I think no one need feel that their skills are somehow found in wont for lack > of ability to raise pitch acurately in 15 minutes... or even in 30. Nor do I > feel such derogorous self assesment need be precipatated over the time it > takes > to tune a piano at all. > If one leaves the piano only after your work is accomplished satisfactorilly, > then what matter really the time it takes ?? It depends on the length of time. If a tuner needs 2 hours for a tuning then I feel sorry for him/her. > This isn't the only thing bothering me about the discussion, but it will do > for the moment. I'll get to the rest eventually. I think I can understand what you are saying. However, some people on this planet have devilish speed. They can't help it, it just so happens. I think it is because of them that these stories come into being. On the other hand, it helps tremendously if you can do a complete hammer change plus - regulation / tuning /1st voicing within - 8 hours. Why? Because you can charge the going price which is usually based on two or even three days (not to mention the STW folks who even may take a - full week - (happens here in Olanda)) So you work speedy one day, you repeat the same work soon afterwards on another grand, you get the feel and the experience, after having done a number of these same jobs it begins to feel normal (after all, at Yamaha they do it in much less than 8 hours). Especially in the US this can be quite beneficial because the free-lance technician then hopefully has a fat bank account and can take much longer vacations than usual and at the same time broadens his/her horizon by seeing other interesting parts of the world. It is like living in a faster lane and the art of surviving this in a pleasant way lies in finding your personal speed on a scale of painfully slow to "demonic speed" > grin... I cant wait for the rest said the alligator... (:>)) friendly greetings from Antares, Amsterdam, Holland "where music is, no harm can be" visit my website at : http://www.concertpianoservice.nl/
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