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  • 1.  David Andersen

    Posted 07-07-2021 11:13
    Big DA

    David Andersen helped me find out what I was searching for

    as a piano technician, and as a human being.

    I met David over 20 years ago and slowly began to realize

    who he was and what he was teaching me.

    'I am the master and the humble apprentice, lead or leave.'

    In a life time of tuning I've never used a computer, as the

    world began to change, I began to feel low tech and old school and irrelevant,

     'the negative voice In my head'.

    David demonstrates, in a room full of techs, the wonderful process

    of whole tone tuning in such a beautiful effortless way.

    I began single mute tuning, something I thought impossible for

    me.

    When my son began tuning you inspired him more than anyone,

    'Home Slice' you called him.

    Thank you for showing me, David, what a beautiful artform aural

    tuning is, that it is a spiritual experience.

    You truly are a teacher and a master.

    Fenton Murray, RPT


    Virus-free. www.avg.com


  • 2.  RE: David Andersen

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-08-2021 08:32
    Thank you, Fenton Murray, for sharing how David Andersen influenced you and your work. 

    I met David Andersen exactly once, in Tucson 2019. Here was David, a technician at the top of his game, sharing his knowledge without pretense, without gate-keeping, without glossing over the messy bits.

    David, who spoke openly about the inner-critic and working at the craft's top-end, had a message that I needed to hear.  He set the bar high for himself, without apology, and was - IS - an inspiration to so many. 

    David Andersen: A deeply humane person.

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    Kate Redding
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  • 3.  RE: David Andersen

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-08-2021 10:26
    It's not being stated here but I read on a FB post that David had passed away in death. Can anyone confirm this?

    I really liked him and benefited from his teaching and attitude. 

    Pwg

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    Peter Grey
    Stratham NH
    603-686-2395
    pianodoctor57@gmail.com
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  • 4.  RE: David Andersen

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-08-2021 11:28
    Yes, Peter, David Andersen has passed on.

    Alan

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    Alan Eder, RPT
    Herb Alpert School of Music
    California Institute of the Arts
    Valencia, CA
    661.904.6483
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  • 5.  RE: David Andersen

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-08-2021 12:44
    Thanks, Alan, for the information about David Anderson. I  guess I missed a previous email announcement.

    I appreciated David for his staunch advocacy of aural tuning and solid commitment to keeping aural temperament tuning as a core value in PTG. 

    Richard West







  • 6.  RE: David Andersen

    Posted 07-08-2021 15:11
    When I first got into this work, I was looking for a "sound" that for some reason I knew existed, but had never heard in any pianos I met. Drove me nuts is an understatement. Numerous PTG luminaires suggested there was maybe something wrong with my ears...really...

    I heard the sound I already knew existed, for the first time, in David's tunings.  For that, I am deeply, deeply grateful. I went about it differently than he did, but arrived at a very similar place.  I told him, finally hearing the sound that I wanted to hear, I said "hey maybe I'm not crazy after all"....but then, ribbing him, said, "ahhh...well maybe we are both just good company in the looney factory".

    I am very sorry to hear about his death...poor soul fought hard for the last few years.

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    Jim Ialeggio
    grandpianosolutions.com
    Shirley, MA
    978 425-9026
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  • 7.  RE: David Andersen

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-10-2021 20:45
    David is probably the only person to ever greet me by calling me his brother, and mean it. It had nothing to do with pianos. It was a heartfelt spiritual greeting that he absolutely meant, and which I totally understood and agreed with in return. We talked of many things. Sometimes even pianos. I will seriously miss him.

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    Geoff Sykes, RPT
    Los Angeles CA
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  • 8.  RE: David Andersen

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-09-2021 21:49
    I was blessed to spend two days with David back in 2018, doing one-on-one training with him. Man did I learn a lot! Not just piano stuff, but life stuff as well.

    One of the biggest things I learned from him and saw in him was an attitude and lifestyle of gratefulness. He was just grateful about everything. He told me, in part, "Any time you start getting frustrated with the piano, go out to your car, look up, and say 'thank you for letting me do this work. It sure beats a lot of other stuff!'" Some of the best advice I've ever received.

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    Benjamin Sanchez, RPT
    Piano Technician / Artisan
    (256) 947-9999
    www.professional-piano-services.com
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  • 9.  RE: David Andersen

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-09-2021 23:50
    I was unaware of David's passing and am very saddened to hear this news. David was a consummate professional and projected an attitude of collegiality always seeking to advance the trade and its knowledge base. He will be sorely missed.

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    David Love RPT
    www.davidlovepianos.com
    davidlovepianos@comcast.net
    415 407 8320
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  • 10.  RE: David Andersen

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-18-2021 09:50
    "Oh Captain! My Captain!"

    I met David at the 2006 PTG Convention where we were both on the chopping block of the Rebuilder's Gallery. His Steinway C was my favorite, and as kindred spirits, we became fast friends. A couple of years later he transformed my tunings when I started using his one mute open string tuning technique. His positive energy was contagious and it was always a treat to see him in person and on-line. This is a great loss for our community here but I know David is in the light of another realm helping to tune the universe.

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    Jude Reveley, RPT
    President
    Absolute Piano Restoration, Inc.
    Lowell, Massachusetts
    978-323-4545
    www.absolute-piano.com
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  • 11.  RE: David Andersen

    Posted 07-18-2021 09:54
    hi Jude,
    ".... tune the universe."
    It's out of tune indeed:  pretty badly actually....
    Peter

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    Petrus Janssen
    Peachtree City GA
    678-416-8055
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  • 12.  RE: David Andersen

    Member
    Posted 07-21-2021 19:18
    Some time ago, he had already entered the hospice ward, and he initiated fundraising。

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    zhan xi huang
    ?????? Xi??an
    18741420582
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  • 13.  RE: David Andersen

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-22-2021 08:02
    I am sorry to hear of his passing. He was quite an inspiration and a role model to follow.

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    Greg Junker
    Greg Junker's Piano Shoppe, LLC
    Belleville IL
    618-971-9595
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