Newbe question

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Hi John,
As you know I'm new as well.  How long have you been enjoying tuning etc?  Have you ever done a great tuning and then try to up your speed and did a not so great tuning?  That happend to me a few weeks ago.  
Marshall
ps. are you going to the convention?

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Delmore 
  To: 'Pianotech List' 
  Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 12:39 PM
  Subject: RE: Newbe question


  Hi Sam:

   

  Sounds like you're in the same position as me!!!  The best thing I did was to join the PTG, and start going to the meetings.  There's a lot to learn, but a lot of helpful guys and gals who just LOVE to talk pianos!!

   

  Be sure to take LOTS of pictures of your old Kimball: one day, I'll post pictures of my Brinkerhoff "learning" piano (no way do I ever expect to get out of it what I put into it, dollar-wise, but that's not what it's for), and we can compare!!  I've not tried the liquid hide glue, but the general consensus seems to be that, while okay maybe for a "quick fix" in the field, it's just not as good as the old hot stuff. 

   

  Good Luck (from another saying "bye-bye" to the rat race!)

  John

   


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  From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Samuel Choy
  Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 9:05 AM
  To: pianotech at ptg.org
  Subject: Newbe question

   

  Hi,

   

  A little introduction,

   

  I recently completed the American School of Piano Tuning program and am starting a business, part time at first, as a piano technician. But I am very serious, I've been 10 years in the corporate world and am very sick of it. Seems kind of risky to plan to leave a good paying job at a large company, but I hate what I do now and love pianos.

   

  Anyway, I thought the American School of Piano Tuning program was pretty good. There was a link to it off the RTP Web site, so I didn't think that it could be all that bad. However, I don't feel like I have all the skills I need. I feel like I know just enough to be dangerous. So to practice, I  bought myself an old Kimball grand piano (built in the 30s) that was in horrible shape with the intent to fix it up. 

   

  The sound board is cracked, the ivories are cracked, the hammers are deeply grooved, and it needs to be restrung. In the action, it looks like a lot of the felts are worn and should be replaced. And it needs to be refinished.

   

  At worse, I think that this will be a good education, at best, if I do good job refurbishing it, I could at least get my money back if not make some.

   

  Did any of you do anything like this?

   

  Also, sorry if this is an old question, but is liquid hide glue as good as the hide glue you have to mix in a heating pot?

   

  Thanks.

   

  Nice to meet all of you.

   

  Sam Choy

  Samuel Choy Piano Service
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