This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment If you are willing to pay a tech to come and work on your piano= while you observe, I don't think you'll have a problem. But= first I'd check with the local PTG chapter and go to meetings,= meet members and bring up your ideas for learning the trade. = PTG membership and purchase of the source books is a priority. = Learn it right the first time. Read everything you can by Bill= Spurlock in Basic Skills. David Ilvedson Original message From: nancy downs To: Received: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 05:42:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: learner with some questions Hi, I'm new here and trying to learn the art of piano tuning and some= of the "fixing" that goes along with it. I have the Randy= Potter video course and also have software for palm pilot which= I think has helped me to quicken the learning process. I am wondering if you have suggestions as to how to find someone= who might want to mentor me. I would expect that I could be= somewhat of a nuisance as I would no doubt have lots of= questions and would want to do some hands on work. As techs, do you feel that it would seem inappropriate to hire= someone to regulate my piano and then ask to observe the= process? It does need some work and I'm a bit hesitant to just= dive in for fear that I might do something to the piano I'd= regret. I have certainly tuned it numerous times and fiddled= here and there with it . I did break a string which also needs= to be replaced and would like to observe that as well. I'd really like to learn but wonder if other tuners would= perceive me as a pain in the rear or potential competition = that they'd rather do without. Also, is there some kind of consensus as to how many pianos a= person has to tune before they are ready for the real world? = How does one know when the time is right to start charging= rather than tuning for friends as practice? Does a newbie tell= the customer that they're new and charge less than a well= seasoned tech? Any way, just hoping someone here might have some insight. Thanks, nancy Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/69/d5/b4/71/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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