[nfbpnotk] nfbpnotk Digest, Vol 3, Issue 9

Sun Aug 20 01:00:58 CDT 2006

HI Shawn,
Thanks for the e-mail and advice.  If you were calling stores to solicit 
tuning for them and you were starting out, would you mention issues such as 
slowness in tuning?  That's my biggest issue right now, and i agree that 
tuning at a store would give me great practice.  In fact, I'm sure I"d speed 
up.  I've tuned less than 50 pianos, and my last tuning made the pianist at 
a local church here in the chicago area extremely happy.  she said, "You 
took out that twangy sound in the hight end..."

I've contacted several stores who say they are filled up.  One however said 
this but wants me to come and tune so nhe can refer me.  So Im getting 
closer.  I'll let you know what happens.  Take care  Shawn, and I apologize 
for writing so far after you sent me the e-mail.
Marshall
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> Hello Everyone,
> I'm glad to be a part of this list.  I'm new to tuning, and I have quite a 
> few questions about restringing and other procedures.
>
> Does anyone know of a tool that I can obtain that would help me with 
> restringing?  The tool I have is, and I'm not sure how to spell it, but 
> it's cerintino instacioler, and I find it tough to use, plus measuring is 
> tough as well.
>
> I'm also wondering how to pick up my speed as a piano tuner.  Some say 
> practice, but are there things I can do while practicing that can help 
> speed me up.  My vision is 20/200.  I need tips, ideas on how to speed up. 
> :)  Thanks everyone.
> Marshall Gisondi
> Villa Park, IL
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> Hello Everyone,
> I'm glad to be a part of this list. I'm new to tuning, and I have quite a 
> few questions about restringing and other procedures.
>
> Does anyone know of a tool that I can obtain that would help me with 
> restringing? The tool I have is, and I'm not sure how to spell it, but 
> it's cerintino instacioler, and I find it tough to use, plus measuring is 
> tough as well.
>
> I'm also wondering how to pick up my speed as a piano tuner. Some say 
> practice, but are there things I can do while practicing that can help 
> speed me up. My vision is 20/200. I need tips, ideas on how to speed up. 
> :) Thanks everyone.
> Marshall Gisondi
> Villa Park, IL
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:55:03 -0400
> From: "Shawn Brock" <shawnbrock at fuse.net>
> Subject: Re: [nfbpnotk] Stringing
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> hello marshall,  good to hav you abord!
> i just got into stringing myself after a person i  work with offered me a
> cupple of restringing jobs.  its ben pritty easy for me to understand
> because i hav strung varrious instraments.  and i learnd how to replace
> strings on piano while takeing tuning lessons from a friend.  its not as
> hard as it may seem but neather is it easy.  i can list some of the tools 
> i
> hav for stringing.  i buy my stuff from international piano supply, though
> you can get everything from a few different places.  if you would just 
> like
> to look at there catalog you can find them at
> www.pianosupply.com
> now heres a list of some of the tools i hav bought from them.
> stringing hook,
> string lifter string spacer, alsoe called a coial lifter,
> a stringing crank,
> a rachett drive tuning hed,
> a hand held coial maker,
> a tuning pin punch,
> a technicians hammer
> a bass string twisting tool,
> a music wire gage,
> these are all or most of the stringing tools i hav.  theres a lot more 
> stuff
> on the markit.  you allmost hav to take in a stringing job with some one 
> to
> determan what tools you will want or need.  thro in some good wire 
> cutters,
> and an asortment of screw drivers and some gluvs and this should do fine.
> stringing is a job you probably dont want to do a lot, its a lot of laber
> and not much love.  a lot of the best technicians here dont want to do 
> menny
> stringing jobs, they like to stick with tuning, voiceing and regulateing.
> i'm the same way, but i hav not ben working in this anuff to bee so picky.
> as far as tuning advice the best thing is to try to find stor work.  it
> sounds like you are in the chicago arya there should bee a lot of work
> there.  what you need is to hav a lot of pianos to tune.  this is how you
> will build speed.  are you tuning only temperment now or are you able to
> tune the hole piano?  an.  if the hole piano, how long does it take you? 
> my
> first store tuning took about 3 hours.  the next day each piano took 2, 
> and
> after a few days i got to about 1 to 2 hours per piano depending on how
> badly the piano was out in the first place.  the best practise is store
> tuning i think that way you are ganeing experience and makeing money at 
> the
> same time.  you just hav to bee able to do a deesent job.  it can get 
> varry
> old practiceing on a home piano i know.  i went through that myself.
> another benafit to stor tuning is that if they like you they will send you
> out on house calls whin they sell pianos to tune them.  after that the
> custamer is yours.  hope some of this helps.
> Shawn Brock
> Cincinnati Sound Lab
> 130 East Sixth Street
> Cincinnati Oh.
> 45202
> Phone: 513-349-8541
> Web Site:
> www.cincysoundlab.com
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> Subject: [nfbpnotk] Stringing
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>> Hello Everyone,
>> I'm glad to be a part of this list.  I'm new to tuning, and I have quite 
>> a
>> few questions about restringing and other procedures.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a tool that I can obtain that would help me with
>> restringing?  The tool I have is, and I'm not sure how to spell it, but
>> it's cerintino instacioler, and I find it tough to use, plus measuring is
>> tough as well.
>>
>> I'm also wondering how to pick up my speed as a piano tuner.  Some say
>> practice, but are there things I can do while practicing that can help
>> speed me up.  My vision is 20/200.  I need tips, ideas on how to speed 
>> up.
>> :)  Thanks everyone.
>> Marshall Gisondi
>> Villa Park, IL
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