New Tuner

[John Ross]

Don't forget to add the Accutuner, to your list of ETD's to make a choice
from.
Go to the convention, if possible, and take classes on all the choices of
ETD's. You will also have a chance to query the other guys who use them, and
find out their opinions, of the pros and cons.
Please make sure to reinforce your aural tuning abilities, before depending
on the ETD. I didn't, and have been regretting it, as I never got around to
getting good enough to pass the aural part of the PTG tuning exam. Although
my average with the ETD assist was 97%.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew & Rebeca Anderson" <anrebe@zianet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: New Tuner


> Hi Tim,
> I 'graduated' a couple of years ago from this course.  My first piece of
> advice is to locate the nearest active chapter of the Piano Technician's
> Guild and join as an associate.  This course is weak on tuning skills,
they
> tell you about it but you don't actually interact with anyone and they
> don't actually grade your tunings (no recordings at the time I took the
> course).  That is where the guild can really help.  Your local chapter can
> have technicals on tuning and there are regional meetings that will have
> very good courses.
>
> If you are a self-starter, the course will point you in the right
> direction.  I ended up getting the Peterson 490ST they recommend (and have
> regretted the choice, Peterson is stone-age tech compared to what is
> available now).  I then volunteered to tune at schools and churches for a
> while until I was confident with the consistency of my tuning quality,
then
> I started charging.  Tune your own piano first until you are comfortable
> you won't be the reason why the strings broke.
>
> If you want to get an E.lectronic T.uning D.evice, ETD, get something like
> the Verituner VT100 or Tunelab Pro (for palm computer/laptop).  Remember
> that computers generally have short service lives and purpose made devices
> generally are intended to last longer.  I got an ETD because there was no
> PTG chapter closer than four hours driving across snowy mountain passes.
I
> needed something to grade myself.  The Peterson was OK for setting the
> temperament in larger pianos (where stretching doesn't reach into the
> temperament octave) but its stretch profiles only fit a few very good
> pianos, I learned to mix and match a lot and of-course augment manually as
> I went and corrected aurally.  You waste too much time with this ETD.
>
> The course is basically a guided study where you practically self-grade
> what you do.  You just have to get out there and actually start doing
> it.  This list is a good source of expert advice and you local chapter
will
> really be a great social and learning resource.
>
> Good luck,
> Andrew
>
> At 04:24 PM 3/4/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am just getting into the trade. I have been studying at home with the
> >American School of Piano tuning and have completed four of the ten
> >lessons in the course. I would appreciate any advice from anyone familiar
> >with this course on how to get started and what additional tools supplies
> >I might want to get soon.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Tim
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