[pianotech] Restoration photos - one more chance to get on list

[KeyKat88 at aol.com]

Chuck,
 
       Please include me on your list
 
Thank You 
Julia Gottshall
Reading, PA
 
In a message dated 5/9/2009 7:44:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
pghpianotuning at yahoo.com writes:


From: Chuck Behm <behmpiano at gmail.com>
Subject: [pianotech] Restoration photos - one more chance to get on list
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 7:42 AM

Hello all - One more time I want to encourage anyone who has given the idea 
of branching out from a tuning / repair business into something more 
complete to take me up on my offer of receiving an on-going photographic record of 
a restoration in progress. If you've ever have the idea of clearing out 
some garage space, constructing a work bench and bringing home a piano to tear 
into on your own, this opportunity is for meant for you.

This will be a more complete journal of pictures than we have ever done in 
the past. So far, Dave and I have torn the case down and begun stripping 
parts,and removed and miked the strings. While we are not going to do 
absolutely everything that could be done to this piano, we are going to do a lot, and 
plenty of procedures will be covered in the process.

So far, I've sent out 2 batches of photos, totaling 38 shots, with captions 
for every photograph. I'm going to really try to include pictures of every 
"trick of the trade" that I know in the process. While I certainly don't 
know everything there is to know (no one does), I have learned quite a bit in 
the past three and a half decades of working on pianos, and I am willing to 
share everything I've learned. This isn't the fried chicken business, after 
all. There are no secret recipes here.

Thinking back to when I started in this business, I know this type of 
on-going record would have been invaluable, in that a lot of things that I had to 
learn by trial and error (and believe me, I had plenty of those) would have 
been made clear. Although I read and reread every issue of the Journal, and 
all the books on the subject that I could find, there was nothing like this 
available anywhere. We live in a marvelous age. 

I would love to see some other technicians follow up on this and produce 
photographic records of work in process in their own shops. There are some 
procedures I've never tried that I would be fascinated in watching in progress. 
Those of you with more advanced techniques and elaborate shops, please give 
this some thought. 

Anyway, one last time, if you would like to be included, just respond on 
the list to this offer, or e-mail me directly, and I'll add you to my mailing 
list. I'll start by sending you the 2 batches of photos and commentary which 
I've already sent out to catch you up with what's been done so far.

I've been really encouraged by the number of people showing interest 
already. The willingness of people to share their knowledge with others really 
makes this a great profession.   Chuck



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