Another one for the Giffer

Piannaman@aol.com Piannaman@aol.com
Sat, 16 Oct 2004 02:07:12 EDT


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In a message dated 10/15/04 3:29:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time,=20
Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no writes:


> Hey there folkens...
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> Just got back from a very relaxing evening with Karin Krog and Steve=20
> Kuhn at the local Jazz club.  I must be getting old or something cuz=20
> this afternoon as I sat and cleaned up the tuning from last week I wasnt=20
> even aware that Steve Kuhn was slated to play tonite.  I sat listening=20
> this evening to this perhaps slightly lesser known of the greats of our=20
> time and wondered at my good fortune life.... getting to tune concerts=20
> for so many of these guys over the years.  Dont get me wrong... I dont=20
> mean to brag... not at all really... just find it difficult to fathom=20
> how I managed to luck into this life of being a piano tuner.  I couldnt=20
> have begged for a better life when it comes right down to it.=20
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> I read the other day someone wrote that they ran into a customer who was=20
> worried for him because he didnt have a <<proper>> job.... ya gots to=20
> wonder sometimes. :)  For you folks writing in those newbie posts=20
> wondering how to fix this or that, or how to tune the bass... or=20
> whatever.... I have just this to say. Stick with this proffession, and=20
> never start thinking you have it figured.. just keep on learning and=20
> getting better. You may turn into a builder like Farrel or others like=20
> him, or you may end up a master intonat=F8r like Andre, or just plain=20
> lucky like myself... Whatever you end up getting into,  sooner or later=20
> things start getting real rewarding... big time rewarding.
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> Its a great life the tuners life
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> Cheers
> Ric

Ric,

I couldn't agree with you more.  My only regret is starting a bit late at it=
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Dave Stahl

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