I recommend either attending a respected in-house piano tech course (Bennett Street School, Western Ont., etc.) or purchase the Randy Potter School of Piano Technology course (correspondence course). A mentor would always be a great benefit. I didn't have one. I did the Randy Potter thing. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: <kam544@gbronline.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 4:21 AM Subject: Re: Course of action for learning > At 3:31 PM -0600 12/25/02, keys88 wrote: > >I was hoping someone may be able to give me a little guidance on how > >I may best proceed in learning the tuning process? I suppose I need > >to just start doing it? I do have a good piano that is in tune and > >well regulated. > > I have considered your request to be quite a challenge, and have > decided that without someone to be a mentor and provide you on hands > feedback from time to time, you are in for a long haul. > > The simplest introduction to tuning a piano I know is contained in > the publication: > _Piano Tuning, A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs_ by J. Cree Fischer. > > Purchasing a second hand piano for practice purposes would be a more > sensible thing to do. > > Read as many materials possible, both in published books and in the > Pianotech Archives https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/ , hang > out at as many piano type meetings, seminars, conventions as possible > and practice on practice type pianos.
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