Marshall- In England there is a magazine published for sight impaired technicians. You may need to contact an English technician to find it. It should have articles to help you. Perhaps a floor tuning job would be a good opportunity for you to refine your skills. Have you looked into the Chicago School of Piano Technology? Ed -----Original Message----- >From: pianotune05 <pianotune05@comcast.net> >Sent: Jan 5, 2006 9:19 AM >To: ed440@mindspring.com, Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> >Subject: Re: Message for Marshall > >Hi Ed, >Thanks for the e-mail. Fortunately, I understand how pianos can go ut of >pitch and muting, I'm just not quick at it. I'm sure there are techniques >that the Emil Fries school could teach me in terms of finding pins etc. I"m >going out of town next week to get more hands on with an RPT who has been >assisting me through e-mail. I've learned tunig through another excellant >RPT in Chicago and the Rand y Potter course I hae here as a reference. I'm >practicing quite a bit on hammer technique, but I just need to increase my >speed and develope a quicker method for finding pins, or the right pins and >muting. Right nw, I count the pins and use both hadns as a guide, and both >to help find the right strings to mute. So there's lost time there. Once >I'm on the right pin and in the right set, I'm usually fine, but if I >accidently move the lever, then I have to count all over again and get >repositioned. > >I have nothing agaist Emil Fries school. I think their great! I'm just in a >position where I cannot relocate, place bound as some call it. If I we >didn't have my wife's cleaning service which is our source of income a new >baby, and financial diffiiculties, I might consider just packing up and >heading west, or North West. It might take a little longer, but I'm sure >I'll discover a pattern that workds for finding the pins etc, works in >speeding up the tuning process. Fortunately, I do quite a bit of reading, >gleaning from this awesome list we're on, and the constant tuning practice. > >As for pitch falling, loose tuning pins, cracked bass bridges, cracks in the >plate or sound board all can contribute. Of course that piano being close >to the front door of the store isn't that great for the piano either. > >Well have a great day. Write again. Talk t oyou soon. >Marshall >----- Original Message ----- >From: <ed440@mindspring.com> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:53 AM >Subject: Message for Marshall > > >> Dear Marshall- >> >> The impressions I get from your messages are that you can't identify the >> causes of severe instability in a piano, or don't understand how to raise >> pitch, and that you don't understand basic techniques for muting and >> finding tuning pins. >> >> If you really want a career as a piano technician, I believe the most cost >> effective path to a good income will be for you to attend the Emil Fries >> school, which specializes in training people with sight problems. It will >> be worth making a great effort to attend this school. Then you will be >> able to begin your career knowing you know what you need to know to call >> yourself a piano technician, and you will not worry what customers think >> of you. You will not have to "fake it" because you will know how to do it. >> Five years from now you will be earning more, working on good pianos, and >> building a reputation that brings you good customers by referral. >> >> Sincerely, >> Ed Sutton >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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