Awesome indeed! And I'll bet you will learn to tie an awesome knot in a piano wire in the future! Congrats! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol R. Beigel" <crbrpt@bellatlantic.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:02 PM Subject: An Awesome Moment > I sometimes think that if I was a piano salesperson, and someone came into > my store looking to spend a few hundred dollars on a used instrument, that I > would show them the finest, most magnificent piano in the store, first. I > would want them to hear the magnificence and beauty of this unique > instrument, and let them decide for themselves how much they want to > compromise. How can someone be taught quality if they never see or hear it? > > We tell people who want to join our profession to acquire an old upright and > practice repair and regulation. Then we ask them to practice tuning on it! > Perhaps if we took this aspiring piano technician to the symphony and had > them listen to a piano concerto played by someone who could really play the > piano, they would see what an awesome profession this can be. They would > know from the beginning what the top skill level could produce. Maybe they > would not settle for less than RPT. > > For the past 24 years, I have been trying to learn to be a competent piano > technician. The mechanical part of our profession, with the exception of > tying a knot is piano wire, has seemed to come fairly easily to me, but > learning to tune a piano has been the hardest thing I ever learned to do. > It is the only endeavor that I ever failed at - flunking the tuning exam at > least four times during my first 6 years in the business. I have never > forgotten those failed exams, and they have always been in the back of my > mind - creating a lingering doubt that I might not be up to standard when it > really counted. > > This weekend I attended the first full symphony orchestra concert in my > adult life. I heard my first piano concerto. I met my first professional > pianist. I heard my tuning on a concert hall stage for the first time. It > was an awesome moment in my life. I guess I better learn to tie a knot in > piano wire! > > Carol Beigel, RPT > > > > >
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