[pianotech] hardening hammers on a Chinese PSO

[Clayton Bean's Piano Biz]

BINGO!  Thanks, it makes sense. My Band/Chorus Director was a superb 
musician and wonderful caring man - Donald Gay - who had a great impact on 
my life. He retired & I found out years later that he tuned pianos. He 
offered me his business but I didn't want to return to Maine. I thought he 
was crazy for tuning, what with his great talent. He brought out music I 
felt that was far beyond our individual talents.
Clay

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 12:29 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] hardening hammers on a Chinese PSO


> Joseph Garrett wrote:
>> Ron asked: "Why does everything have to be painfully loud now to be
>> acceptable?"\
>>  Ron,
>> Because the population is well on the way to being totally DEAF! 
>> Especially, Music Teachers! Have you ever been in a band/choir room at 
>> your local H.S. when they're "hard at it"??? I suspect the teacher has a 
>> hearing impairment from years of teaching the little darlings.<G> Real 
>> glad I didn't go that route back then!!
>
> If you can't get "musical", go for pain. Seems a shame that so few 
> apparently appreciate the difference. As to band/choir teachers, I used to 
> wonder why so many piano tuners were retired band teachers, and then it 
> struck me. After all those years, they were so desperate to hear 
> something - anything, in tune...
> Ron N