As a piano instructor, I've always been fascinated by the work of the piano tuner/tech. The only problem is it creates a new level of listening and I begin to hear problems that were probably already present in the piano. (Result: the dreaded call-back). Similarly, as a student tech, I'm beginning to hear problems in our piano that I had the "luxury" of never hearing before. Now, not only am I critical of the music but critical of the instrument as well. It's driving my husband nuts! =) Michelle Smith Student Tuner Bastrop, Texas On Apr 18, 2006, at 12:04 PM, BobDavis88 at aol.com wrote: > David Love writes: > Sometimes people are sensitive to strange things. While those > things have > often fallen into the range of "normal", I'm not averse to trying > to find > the pea in the mattress...as long as the meter is running. > -THE- single best educational opportunity in my career has been > "crazy" clients. Over and over I find that when a client tells me > he feels or hears something, he feels or hears something. It might > not be something that bothers me or others, it might not be > something that is easy or cheap or even possible to fix; but the > search for an explanation (to both myself and the client) ALWAYS > leads to a better understanding of the subtleties of this > enormously complex instrument. It changes the desire for a crabby > dismissal into a cheerful detective story. If it's going to be > costly, I don't "warn" the client, I simply "let him know," which > relieves it of any emotional content for both of us, and creates a > partnership. > > I applaud David's taking this person seriously. While David, being > a pianist, might be more inclined to take this person seriously, a > technician doesn't have to be a pianist to get immense satisfaction > from the challenge of playing Superdective. > > Bob Davis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060418/c937c206/attachment.html
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