#pianogoals

Songs I’ll learn when I get a piano:

• Chopin, Nocturne en bi bémol majeur opus 9 no2: Ballade en Sol Mineur No.1
• Tom Waits, I’m Still Here
• Chilly Gonzales, Armellodie
• Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guébrou, The Song of the Sea

Some of these are almost certainly wishful thinking, it’s been a while. Reach for the moon… 💫

Tips for buying a secondhand piano (focus on uprights):

• YouTube vid from NJ-based Altenburg Piano house
• Tips from the Pianoforte Tuners’ Association
• David Boyce on buying a secondhand piano

Want to moonlight as a piano tuner someday, but looks like it might be difficult to find any courses… Supposedly there’s only one left in the UK. Maybe it’s this one? Pretty formal though.

Time to turn to the #1 self-teaching resource, the WORLD WIDE WEB. Have quickly discovered some circa-2000 diamonds in the rough. Sometimes the writing is a little salty, and it always has a pointed perspective, but pretty useful and fun. Need more room for tools.

• Dirk’s Piano Tuner v4.0
• Detwiler.us, A Modest Internet Empire
• Steve’s Piano Service

• The Frugal Berry

And a few books:

• Theory and Practice of Piano Tuning
• Piano Action Regulating
• Piano Servicing, Tuning and Rebuilding
• Theory and Practice of Piano Construction
• Piano Tuning: A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs

• Pianos: Their Construction, Tuning, and Repair – With Numerous Engravings and Diagrams

• The Craft of Piano Tuning