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I'm a Fiona from Edinburgh!

I wouldn't dream of using WD40 on a customers piano. Apart from anything else, it is an easing oil NOT a lubricant! Oh, and it is brilliant for removing the residue from sticky labels

vernon wrote:With all her postings I feel I know Gill the Piano now. I only know of one other lady tuner tho'

Would that be me perchance?

Perhaps being a Scottish Lady Tuner makes me even more of a 'minority

Fiona

American tuners won't touch them because they can't tune them with Electronic Tuning Devices which are far more common there than they are here. They use felt strip mutes for the whole instrument, tune using the ETD then put in the unisons at the end. Rather difficult with an overdamper

Can I offer another solution to the sight-reading problem? Give up doing exams! Continue with piano lessons which you enjoy, just cut out the stressful bits like sight -reading infront of a complete stranger. Scales etc are good for technique and for aural training which in the end will help you to ...

Barrie

I can't stay logged into the Forum - have to log in every visit even though I check the 'keep me looged in' box!

Fiona

Personally, I think that Bach's Prelude in C is easier than Fur Elise. There are a couple of Beethoven Bagatelles which are also much more beginner friendly.

Dave

The John Rutter carol is called 'Star Carol' and is one of my favourites too.

Fiona

It's Berceuse Opus 57

Click on the 'Listen' tab at the top of the web page and it is Excerpt 2 played on Chopin's piano.

Fiona

Langer is no longer!

David Martin can be contacted through
Pianoforte Marwood Ltd
94, Bondgate
Castle Donington
Derbyshire
DE74 2NR
Tel 1332 812080
Mob 07751 634260
Email: pianoforte.mwood@btconnect.com
Web: http://www.pianofortemarwood.co.uk/

Don't tell anyone I said this, but last-minute practice fuelled by terror and adrenalin works better for me than carefully regimented hours of practice! You'll be fine... :lol: It's alright - I know this method of practice well. It's how I got to Grade 8 violin & piano etc as a teenager. Practi...

Don't know if this is the place to post this but.............. on Saturday 9th October, one of my recorder pupils is playing in a concert as part of the local Music Festival...eeek! He'll be fine, but I'm providing the accompaniment and will be not-so-fine! Methinks I'd better clear the junk off my ...

Scottish school terms are different from England. School breaks up at the end of June and goes back mid-August. Both children got good exam results so Caroline is sitting her Highers this year and Chris is starting Uni! Sometimes I wonder where the years have gone. Caroline who is the youngest will ...

No, not petered out - just trying to fit everything in to far too few hours in the week :roll: If you REALLY want MY news, then here goes.............my son has a 2nd year entry place at university to study BSc Interactive Entertainment and Games Development and has got last minute paid employment d...

I'm still here too, Dave

What a difference, Dave. Well done that man

The Complete Piano Player by Kenneth Baker. Either in five or six individual books or as an unsatisfactory fat paperback omnibus edition which doesn't like staying open on the music desk, particularly if there are no book holders! Excellent method for self-taught pianists, using songs they know (Ab...

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Looks like I'm the first to offer congratulations, Dave

CONGRATULATIONS!

Fiona

[quote="Gill the Piano"]Only 40? Wait till you're 48 like me, kid...and with any luck you too will have the mind of a five year old...

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Glad to hear I'm not the only 48 year old female with the mind of a five year old

A bird skeleton in an ancient Collard & Collard grand!

Fiona

I'm afraid to say that my knowledge of musical instruments that you plug into the mains is very limited. I know a Clavinova if I see one, and will play anything digital/electric if I'm in a music shop but that's about it. This instrument was sitting on a portable stand and looked to be at least 6 oc...

A few years ago now, I was called to tune a small grand in a private house. Sitting in the same room was a rather expensive looking stage piano and the customer requested that I tune the 'steam piano' (his expression) to his stage piano. When I checked the tuning of the small grand it was almost spo...

dave brum wrote: And my sight reading's improving!!!

Shhhhhhh - I thought that s***t r*****g was a swear word, Dave

Dave http://www.8notes.com is well worth a visit. The free sheet music is graded into Easy, Medium and Hard and there is quite a varied selection of Easy pieces for piano. Alternatively, if there is a sheet music section in your local library (in Edinburgh, the main city library has music/scores etc...

If you don't mind my sticking my tuppence worth in, Dave.............. You are overthinking this sight-reading lark :) Sight-reading is something you do every time you tackle a new piece of music. You look at the new notes and you try to play them in the correct order keeping to a beat even if it is...

The PTA have two Members who advertise that they work on Guernsey. Their details appear on the PTA website - Find A Tuner button and type in Guernsey. Alternatively, we have a number of members who are willing to travel anywhere. I don't know if their details are yet on the website so you can PM me ...

I know, I know but..................

'tis always the last thing I want to do of an evening and weekends are for the family/kids/husband-sort of thing.

Fiona

Mine is to actually PLAY my piano more this year - oh, and to tune it for the first time in ** years

Fiona

I'm not a music teacher but played that particular Prelude in my youth! If memory serves, the turn is played as the note above, the note, the note below, the note - the bit in bold takes up the space of a quaver. However, I suspect that it will all depend on which edition you are playing from how th...

Fill a mug 3/4 full with boiling water.
Add a couple of teaspoons of honey.
Add a couple of teaspoons of lemon juice (or orange if you prefer)
Find the whisky bottle and add a generous measure to the above.
The hot toddy is now at just the right temperature to drink.

Enjoy

Fiona (from Scotland)

If you want in inexpensive tuning program try TuneLab (just Google it). The download does cost but should work out at well under 200 pounds. You can also download a trial version before you commit your hard-earned pennies.

Fiona

Beautifully put, Pianoguy

David Martin is still in the trade. He, along with a colleague, has set up a company making bespoke piano actions/keyboards and can be contacted via email at

pianoforte.mwood@btconnect.com

Hope this is of some help.

Fiona

Semi-detached houses tend to have a good thick adjoining wall - mine is circa 1970. I coudn't comment on later builds though putting the piano on an internal wall would be the best idea in any situation except............ I have a customer living in a terraced house and despite putting the piano on ...

In my day it was called transcribing and involved sitting for hours at a reel-to-reel tape recorder with manuscript and pencil in hand. My only consolation was that it was great practice for the aural tests which used to be part of the Higher Music Examination.

I think you would do well if you are prepared to go to the pupil's home. In my area, the one teacher who did travel to teach the pupils in their own homes was very much in demand. So much so, that within a year of starting, she had a waiting list for spaces. Now she is so busy that new pupils have t...

We all have different perceptions of levels of difficulty - what I find difficult, you might find easy! I think you should go to your nearest music shop and buy the AB Grade 7 set pieces for your chosen instrument and see for yourself. Alternatively, look at the AB website - the current syllabus is ...

Scottish Higher differs from A Level in that it has a practical element equivalent to AB Grade 7. It is usually sat in 5th year of secondary education and the course of study covers history, form, harmony and the study and analysis of set pieces etc. If you are needing proof of the standard you have...

As a 'guid scot', I can tell you that this song was written in 1967 by Adam McNaughton. I'm sure if you get in touch with your local music shop, they'll be able to source the sheet music for you. Note the correct spelling of 'Jeely'! It is also know by the alternative title of 'Skyscraper Wean'! Ano...

Alternatively, go to www.pianotuner.org.uk click on the Find A Tuner button and type in York.

Regards

Hi

Grand piano covers are a made-to-measure item so speak to your piano tuner about a cover for the grand piano. He will be able to supply a cover to fit it exactly. Your local tuner will also be the person to advise on how best to improve the appearance of the casework.

Although my day job is tuning pianos, I moonlight as a recorder teacher and I've found the best way of teaching quavers to little ones is by using two syllable words where each word equals a crotchet beat. So the third line of the nursery rhyme, Hot Cross Buns has eight quavers (four beats) " O...

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