Teaching Tuning

[Jean and David Weiss]

And the University of Western Ontario!!!

 

David Weiss

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of paulrevenkojones at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:49 PM
To: tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net; pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: Teaching Tuning

 

CSPT (Chicago School for Piano Technology)!  NBSS (North Bennett Street
School)!  :-)
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Yup, it's difficult. You can find our entire curriculum out on our website,
Tom. It's taken years to develop, and we're not done, ever.  While you're
there, take a look at the graduates page, see what they're doing after one
year of training.

Paul

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Sivak <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 5:24 pm
Subject: Teaching Tuning

I have a new-found respect for those of you who teach others to tune.  I
took on 






a student, albeit a not-too-serious one, this summer.  I have taught piano
for 






nearly 20 years, I used to teach college level music theory; I thought I
could 






be a good tuner-teacher, too.   Not so.  Knowing what you're doing doesn't 






necessarily make you able to teach that to others.













My theory, as to why this was so difficult for me, is that I basically
taught 






myself how to do all this stuff.  Sure, I had tutoring sessions with various







RPTs here in my area, but for the most part, I read, I watched others 






critically, I attended all the PTG meetings and Institutes I could, and I
bought 






old junker pianos and regulated, reconditioned, and partially rebuilt them.














I didn't really do it all by myself, but there was no curriculum I followed,
nor 






any logical course of action other than trying to absorb everything that
came my 






way.













So when it came time to pass this knowledge down, I had no idea how to form 






basic lesson plans that progressed from one step to another, or create aural







tuning exercizes to help this youngster learn how to tune.  













Perhaps a more serious student might have made me feel a little better about
the 






job I did, but I don't blame the student.  I think I'm just no good at it.
I 






don't foresee taking on any other students in the future.













No response necessary from anyone on this post.  Just wanted to express my 






gratitude to those who helped me get a start, and my admiration for those of
you 






who have the talent to teach others.













Tom Sivak






Chicago






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