The Art of Compromise

This book is an introduction to the art of piano tuning, a handy and interesting skill to have. You can use this skill to make pocket money, or a full-time income. However, to be a bad piano tuner is a sacrilege. As professionals we strive to not only be good at what we do, but educate the public as well. To tune a piano poorly in order to make "a quick buck" is not only cheating the customer out of their money, but also robbing them of the experience of having a properly tuned...
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This book is an introduction to the art of piano tuning, a handy and interesting skill to have. You can use this skill to make pocket money, or a full-time income. However, to be a bad piano tuner is a sacrilege. As professionals we strive to not only be good at what we do, but educate the public as well. To tune a piano poorly in order to make "a quick buck" is not only cheating the customer out of their money, but also robbing them of the experience of having a properly tuned instrument. This can cause students to lose interest, owners to lose trust, and fellow tuners to lose respect. To be a Professional Piano Tuner, you must strive to be as skilled, honest, and informative as possible.Included in this volume is an overview of how music itself works - a guide to going about learning enough about music so that it can add to the skill set needed to be a good piano tuner!Among the topics covered in this book are:The Mechanics of TuningHammer TechniqueThe TempermentThe Keyboard IntervalsTemperment PatternsThe Harmonic SequenceThe StretchOctave Tuning Unison Tuning Pitch Raising and LoweringKeyboard TechniqueLearning Music as a Second LanguageKeyboard Training ExercisesEar TrainingWhat is Perfect Pitch?