I have found that young children are sometimes delighted to play after I tune. Not the best way to check or show off a tuning, but they enjoy it. They're usually more likely to do so if I ask them before, not after I play. Their parents enjoy the opportunity to show the kids talents. Fran Helms, Piano Technician, Topeka, KS >>> <Tvak@aol.com> 8/30/2005 4:59 PM >>> In a message dated 8/29/05 2:49:17 PM, jodel@kairos.net writes: > not something so showy as to intimidate the client (still want their > opinion, right?). What do you think? > I can't not intimidate them. Even playing simple pieces, technique shows through with phrasing, voicing, dynamics, etc. No one has ever sat down and played the piano after I test it. Ever. They all refuse. Whaddayagonnado? I don't play showy, arpeggio-ey things, either. Mozart Sonata in G, 2nd movement; Chopin Etude in Eb Major; Chopin Waltz in C# minor; and the intro to "Falling" from "THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG", by Marvin Hamlisch (I play it chromatically up from the original key of D to F, testing the top octaves/unisons). Other than showing the client how good their piano can sound, I'm primarily listening to unisons. Unisons are the only interval the consumer/pianist can detect when it's out. Between those first three pieces, I can hear melodically, every note between middle C and A5. Tom Sivak Chicago
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