Do you play piano?

[Dave McKibben]

Well...........my 2c
I do not play great piano.  I have a few things I play at the end of my
work, but.........
I have found..........if you ask questions.......listen............feel the
piano in the area of concern.............ask more questions.........watch
the action............a person that has minimal  playing ability can do a
fine job of regulation and tuning.
It has been my experience from a Juliard trained pianist, after listening
to a concern on dampers and control.........I could understand the issue
and fix it for him.  Can I play the piano like him.................NO WAY. 
Can I play well.........not really.  Can I understand issues with a
piano...........I believe I can.
We discussed the issue........I understood the concern..........I found the
problem and fixed it.
I told him....I believe I have fixed your problem.............please play
it and tell me if you feel the same way.  He played it ..........and played
it...........and played it.............and smiled......................yes 
I believe it feels good.
Yes...........I believe you can work on pianos without the ability to play
one at a high level.
The ability to understand mechanical devices, and hear musical tone does
not necessarily correlate to a need of playing ability.
I DO agree that the ability to play at that level would be a
benefit.............but it is not necessarily a liability for those who
cannot.

2c worth is not much...........but it's all I got :)


> [Original Message]
> From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 6/3/2007 4:23:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Do you play piano?
>
> > Ron, he had just tuned the piano, that was him trying it out for the 
> > customer!
> > 
> > But seriously, isn't that wonderful?  My eyes filled up at the second 
> > playing.
>
>
> I once had a girl about that age watch me tune her piano. She 
> sat through the whole tuning without a twitch or fidget, 
> watching intently. When I finished, I said "There, ready for 
> Chopin". She said "We'll see', grabbed her music, and shoo'd 
> me off of the bench before I could even get the piano back 
> together. After listening for a couple of minutes, I said 
> "That's it!", she looked over at me, and I said "I'm staying 
> here all day for more of this". She grinned and kept playing.
>
> I love it when someone can do something wonderful, especially 
> with something I did.
>
> Ron N
>