--- AlanRMorrison@AOL.COM wrote: > Dear List, > > I wonder if any of you can help. I live in London > and am looking for a > technician or workshop willing to give me some > training and experience > rebuilding pianos. I am thirty years old with a > background as a pianist. I > have a degree in music (for what it's worth) and > presently work as a > freelance music copyist. I'm basically looking for > a change of direction > which is fulfilling even if it won't make me rich! > > It seems that the training options here in the UK > are somewhat limited. For > the time being, I'm less interested in earning a > living tuning pianos and > more interested in getting experience doing > restoration work which I feel is > best learned in a workshop. I am looking for > experience more than I am > looking for paid work. > > Does anyone out there know of a good technician or > workshop in or around > London who might be able to give me some > encouragement or advice? > > I follow the list with much interest and wish that I > could find the same > level of helpfulness and enthusiasm from people here > in the UK as there is in > the US and other parts of the world. Maybe I've > been talking to the wrong > people :) > > Any encouragement would be welcome! > > > Alan Morrison > Hello Alan, You might have noticed that there are very few piano workshops now here in London. You may be luckier outside - but have you thought of doing a course at the London College of Furniture? The courses cover all aspects of piano technology. It is a sad fact that since Victorian times when there were more that 200 manufacturers of pianos in this country that there are barely a handful left. Bob Wilson London. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
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