When I was a little kid, maybe 5 or 6, the woman I stayed with after
school bought a piano, or had it, I can't remember, for her daughter who
was a year older than me. I remember one day the piano tuner coming
over to tune the thing, and the guy was blind. His wife would drop him
off, he would be directed to the piano, and he would do his thing by
feel and sound. I remember watching him, and he knew I was watching
somehow, and he would occasionally say something to me, or ask me to do
something like grab a tool. The guy initially creeped me out because at
that age I had never seen a blind person, and just figured they had to
be creepy because in the movies the blind person was always the weird
character, and the guy looked creepy too because of his eyes and how
they were. Plus he was some unknown adult person, which when you are
that age just creep you out anyway.
After a short while I sorta forgot about the blind aspect and was
fascinated watching him do his work on the piano, and the fact that he
included me, however simply, in his work was way cool to me. He was
masterful at the work, and put his fingers right on the keys and the
tuning tools without even seeing them. Very cool.
His wife came back about the time he was finishing, she collected the
money and off they went. Later on I remember the sitter and my mother
talking about it, and it turned out that guy was like the best tuner in
town, in high demand. I think back to things like that, being a part of
work like that, stuff my dad did on the car or lawnmower and such, and
even that simple stuff must have been a trigger to my interest now in
fixing and building things.
I learned 2 things that day -- first that blind people were not creepy,
and that being blind seemed to be no impediment to doing something
really cool. And I guess if you are blind you better have someone else
with you to make sure someone does not rip you off giving you the wrong
money. That last part I might have figured out later, but anyway...
--R
On 9/5/12 9:57 PM, Mountain Man wrote:
Dan wrote:
Take it for what it's worth, but this is coming from guys who make their
livings doing this.
Very few people make good living as piano technicians. It is very
tough to obtain and keep customers.
mao
_______________________________________
http://www.okiebenz.com
For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com
To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/
To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:
http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
_______________________________________
http://www.okiebenz.com
For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com
To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/
To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:
http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
