Ahhhh Mr. Nossaman. I should have known you'd open this can of worms! ;-) Oh, and thanks for doing so! My question about the teacher was really more of a statement than a true question. In truth, in this case, I really knew the answer. Yes, I have tuned one of the teacher's pianos (the one that needed its once-a-decade tuning). I don't remember exactly what kind of pianos she had, but one was a worn-out crappy micro-grand from the 1920s and the other, which I tuned, and I think is used for most lessons, was a worn-out crappy console. I remember telling her that we could improve that piano quite a bit with some regulation, etc (I was surprised she was using it for teaching). She thought it was fine - maybe later. No, in this particular case, even if the teacher played this kids piano, she may not have mentioned anything as being amiss. I think my statement was more along the lines of whether a teacher might have some sort of awareness of the instrument a child is practicing on. Does a tennis instructor want to look at your racquet to make sure it is adequate? Would a firearms marksman instructor want to inquire about the type of rifle the student is using for target practice? I seems to me piano teachers are more divorced from the instrument of the trade than these other instructors. I wonder why. I think that is what I might have been asking. Why is that? Terry Farrell > >The information I gave him about his piano was completely brand-new stuff > >for him. > > As will be the revelation that piano techs aren't on salary (somewhere), > aren't doing this as a hobby to relieve the boredom of the idle rich, and > need to be compensated for time spent on the customers' behalf finding > another piano, in order to eat. This all may seem incredible, but it's not > remotely uncommon. > > > >One question remains though: why hadn't her piano teacher of six years > >said anything to the parents about the piano? > > Since when do piano teachers know any more about pianos than anyone else > out there in consumerland? This could easily be brand new stuff to the > teacher as well. I have a question. Do you tune the teacher's piano? If > not, why doesn't the teacher's tuner tune this piano? Does the teacher HAVE > a piano, and if so, is it EVER tuned? > > Ron N
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