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OT - Anyone on here a piano tuner?
Anyone on here a piano tuner? Or know one? I was thinking of taking a
home study course to become a piano tuner. Not so much a full time thing....but as a supplmental thing. Do a tuning here and there....particualry when I am saving up for major quilty purchase items like a stitch regulator for my HQ16 or PCQuilter. Maybe one day I could do it as partial income and then quilt the rest of the time...something like that.... Plus I think it is downright interesting. My "real" work is so ethereal (software) this would be nice to do something hands on... I was just wondering if anyone learned from a home study course and what did they think...? Did they make a career out of it? Etc. I don't imagine myself getting all crazy...but maybe a word of mouth business kinda thing. Melissa in NJ |
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OT - Anyone on here a piano tuner?
You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish.
-- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm un-STUFF email address to reply "Melissa in NJ" wrote in message oups.com... Anyone on here a piano tuner? Or know one? I was thinking of taking a home study course to become a piano tuner. Not so much a full time thing....but as a supplmental thing. Do a tuning here and there....particualry when I am saving up for major quilty purchase items like a stitch regulator for my HQ16 or PCQuilter. Maybe one day I could do it as partial income and then quilt the rest of the time...something like that.... Plus I think it is downright interesting. My "real" work is so ethereal (software) this would be nice to do something hands on... I was just wondering if anyone learned from a home study course and what did they think...? Did they make a career out of it? Etc. I don't imagine myself getting all crazy...but maybe a word of mouth business kinda thing. Melissa in NJ |
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OT - Anyone on here a piano tuner?
Thank goodness I'd just swallowed!
-- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply "frood" wrote in message m... You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish. -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm un-STUFF email address to reply "Melissa in NJ" wrote in message oups.com... Anyone on here a piano tuner? Or know one? I was thinking of taking a home study course to become a piano tuner. Not so much a full time thing....but as a supplmental thing. Do a tuning here and there....particualry when I am saving up for major quilty purchase items like a stitch regulator for my HQ16 or PCQuilter. Maybe one day I could do it as partial income and then quilt the rest of the time...something like that.... Plus I think it is downright interesting. My "real" work is so ethereal (software) this would be nice to do something hands on... I was just wondering if anyone learned from a home study course and what did they think...? Did they make a career out of it? Etc. I don't imagine myself getting all crazy...but maybe a word of mouth business kinda thing. Melissa in NJ |
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OT - Anyone on here a piano tuner?
Melissa in NJ wrote:
Anyone on here a piano tuner? Or know one? I was thinking of taking a home study course to become a piano tuner. Not so much a full time thing....but as a supplmental thing. Disclaimer: I tried to tune my piano once and my tuner told me never to do it again. I secretly bring my tuning hammer to rehearsals, though, to tune the one or two horrible out-of- tune keys every rehearsal room's piano has. I get my piano tuned about 4x a year and I've taken a course on piano rebuilding (which includes tuning). I think it's a great thing to do and a lot of fun, especially if you like meeting people and checking out their homes. But, I don't know how much of a business you can build doing it part-time. It takes a bit of time to be able to tune quickly, i.e., in 1.5 hours. Using the electronic tuners helps, but it still comes down to pounding on the keys to hear the beats to get the temperament correct. It probably helps to get an apprenticeship, too, to get to know the business and the clientele. I think you should do it and let us know how it goes. It could be lots of fun. -- Anita -- |
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OT - Anyone on here a piano tuner?
On 24 Mar 2006 10:14:14 -0800, "Melissa in NJ"
wrote: Anyone on here a piano tuner? Or know one? I was thinking of taking a home study course to become a piano tuner. Not so much a full time thing....but as a supplmental thing. Do a tuning here and there....particualry when I am saving up for major quilty purchase items like a stitch regulator for my HQ16 or PCQuilter. Maybe one day I could do it as partial income and then quilt the rest of the time...something like that.... Plus I think it is downright interesting. My "real" work is so ethereal (software) this would be nice to do something hands on... I was just wondering if anyone learned from a home study course and what did they think...? Did they make a career out of it? Etc. I don't imagine myself getting all crazy...but maybe a word of mouth business kinda thing. I don't do tuning, though I do know a tuner or three (though some are far away now), and I had to learn the basics back in school. (music major) If you have a good ear and the money to invest in the tools it is a career option. I have tried talking DH into taking it up, he has perfect pitch, but he says he doesn't have the nerves for it. I don't have the faintest idea how you could possible learn to do it well with a home study course, unless they send someone with experience to you? Electronic tuners will only get you so far and there are a goodly number of people who won't hire a tuner who doesn't have a full set of forks. It's the mystique of the reverberating beat. You have to tune the three strings that make each note bare quavers off from each other or the sound will have no life. A lot of people do not belive it can be done with an electronic tuner. Having never encountered anyone who ever tuned a piano with an electronic tuner I couldn't say yea or nay. A gramma with a spinet might be a different story, I don't know many people who own pianos who aren't musicians. Do bear in mind that the proper tools are not cheap. Doing it part time I imagine it would be a while before you recouped your investment. Also check and see how many tuners are in your area. You are awfully close to Philly aren't you? NightMist -- The wolf that understands fire has much to eat. |
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NightMist wrote:
If you have a good ear and the money to invest in the tools it is a career option. I have tried talking DH into taking it up, he has perfect pitch, but he says he doesn't have the nerves for it. I've heard that having perfect pitch could actually be a detriment! It's not that you want 3 A's at 440, it's that you want one A at 440, and then match the other two strings to it so that all 3 sound good... (Not that I would know, remember? my tuner told me never to tune again...) I don't have the faintest idea how you could possible learn to do it well with a home study course, unless they send someone with experience to you? I have a friend who did this, but he was already a musician. quavers off from each other or the sound will have no life. A lot of people do not belive it can be done with an electronic tuner. Having never encountered anyone who ever tuned a piano with an electronic tuner I couldn't say yea or nay. I've had both. But, even the ones with electronic tuners checked their tuning by counting beats. Do bear in mind that the proper tools are not cheap. Doing it part time I imagine it would be a while before you recouped your investment. I totally agree. -- Anita -- |
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OT - Anyone on here a piano tuner?
my best friend is learning how to tune piano's you need:
- perfect hearing - a dedicated piano to learn tuning on - don't think you can get your good piano tuned back to normal first time round! - time - lots of it - you don't learn tuning in a few weeks time - she found a tuner and he is teaching her hands on - at first it was rather intensive then later on he has reduced it to popping in once every few months to see how she is coming on HTH -- Jessamy In The Netherlands Take out: so much quilting to reply. Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow www.geocities.com/jess_ayad http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jes...pson/my_photos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anyone on here a piano tuner? Or know one? I was thinking of taking a home study course to become a piano tuner. Not so much a full time thing....but as a supplmental thing. Do a tuning here and there....particualry when I am saving up for major quilty purchase items like a stitch regulator for my HQ16 or PCQuilter. Maybe one day I could do it as partial income and then quilt the rest of the time...something like that.... Plus I think it is downright interesting. My "real" work is so ethereal (software) this would be nice to do something hands on... I was just wondering if anyone learned from a home study course and what did they think...? Did they make a career out of it? Etc. I don't imagine myself getting all crazy...but maybe a word of mouth business kinda thing. Melissa in NJ |
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OT - Anyone on here a piano tuner?
DH bought the widgets and the electronic gadget and tried to tune ours a few
times. Not very successfully. The regular tuner knew immediately that some fool had been messing with his baby and gve DH a very severe reprimand. (And IMO charged double ever after until we moved to a different country.) So I have great respect for the profession. Not sure it's something you could learn to do well through home study. But you may be more talented in that direction than DH! Roberta in D "Melissa in NJ" schrieb im Newsbeitrag oups.com... Anyone on here a piano tuner? Or know one? I was thinking of taking a home study course to become a piano tuner. Not so much a full time thing....but as a supplmental thing. Do a tuning here and there....particualry when I am saving up for major quilty purchase items like a stitch regulator for my HQ16 or PCQuilter. Maybe one day I could do it as partial income and then quilt the rest of the time...something like that.... Plus I think it is downright interesting. My "real" work is so ethereal (software) this would be nice to do something hands on... I was just wondering if anyone learned from a home study course and what did they think...? Did they make a career out of it? Etc. I don't imagine myself getting all crazy...but maybe a word of mouth business kinda thing. Melissa in NJ |
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OT - Anyone on here a piano tuner?
UPDATE
I have the piano. I just bought a nice used one. If anything else I will get it tuned and get it back to playing condition because both my DH and I want to learn to play again. As for learning piano tuning...I haven't decided one way or another yet. But at least I'd have my own to work with!! The home study course I was taling about in addition to the lessons provides the tools and many common repair items as a part of the tuition. I don't know too much more about the course...but I have sent for a brochure. It might all be a passing fancy or it might turn into something. I do know I eventually want to get out of the rat race...but I also know I still need money....which the rat race provides! I have a boatlaod more research to do! I'll keep you posted. At minimum I foresee a quilted piano cover for the top!!!!! (an upright) Melissa in NJ |
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