On a black board in a choir at a school I saw the following quote: "We practice over and over because repetition is the mother of learning". While we do need to practice music when we sing or play an instrument to get it right, if we practice the wrong tune, the results are not going to be very pleasant.
Relating this to working on pianos, just because you think you know how to make a repair, if it isn't done right, the results are not going to be very pleasant. Even though we do a lot of repetitive things in our business, we need to make sure we are practicing the right "tune".
As the old adage says, there is a difference between 30 years of experience and one year of experience repeated 30 years. That is why we go to chapter meeting and attend seminars and conventions. We constantly need to make sure that what we are doing is the right thing.
I once saw a sign in a store window: "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch". To put it more positively: "If you want to run with the big dogs, you've got to get off the porch". Relating this to our business, if you want to become a sought after and respected piano technician in your area, you've got to get off your "porch", and increase your knowledge of piano technology.
And there is no better place to increase your knowledge than at the Piano Technicians Guild Southeast Regional Conference in Jacksonville, FL, February 22-24, 2024. Go to SERCPTG.ORG for more information and to register.
SERC has been created to give you the education you need to go along with your experience, to teach you how to run with the "big boys." All you have to do is get off the porch.
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Willem "Wim" Blees, RPT
St. Augustine, FL 32095
Tnrwim@aol.com------------------------------