"You have to learn to listen to the music for what it is. "Even when an instrument is out of tune, you have to learn not to listen for that sort of thing," he says. Though a sharp ear is important on the job, it can be a bother when he's listening to music for fun. About the Business: Piano Tuning, Regulation & Repair, James Dino Pontieri, Owner, Operator, Piano Tuner-Technician. Stokes doesn't play the piano, but he does play the drums for a country-western dance band and can play some guitar.
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He represented the company full time for several years. He provides the finest Piano Tuning/Technical Service in the city. He lost the remainder of his eyesight at 16.īy the time he was a sophomore in high school, he was tuning pianos professionally for a music company. Hans Sander of Louisville has been servicing the Louisville area for more than 35 years. in Music Business Piano Scholarship North Bennet Street School Piano Technology Tuning, Repairs. He was born with only partial vision because his optic nerves were not fully developed. ADAM thomas PIANO TECHNICIAN Eastern Kentucky University B.A. Stokes learned his craft as part of an industrial arts program in junior high. To establish a regional facility to provide piano tuner technician training for. He does have an advantage, though, because he isn't as distracted by his surroundings as a sighted person would be. Not being able to see doesn't mean his hearing is any keener than another's, Stokes says. "Tuning is sort of like putting a puzzle together," Stokes says. Getting the sound just right takes only a moment or two. He keeps tapping out the note on the keyboard while raising or lowering the pitch with his tuning hammer. "To me," he says, "it would be a lot of trouble. But Stokes thinks his way is more efficient. Some piano tuners use a device that shows whether a note is sharp or flat with electrical impulses on a screen. "An instructor I had said once I got proficient at tuning, the only way to increase my speed was to decrease lost movement," Stokes says. Now he supplements his income as a snack bar manager by tuning pianos for the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, among others. Stokes, 43, Owensboro, Ky., learned his skill as a student at the Kentucky School for the Blind in Louisville. His other hand moves simultaneously over the corresponding strings in the belly of the piano, tightening and loosening them with a tuning hammer.Stokes is a speed tuner, a person who can tune a piano in less than an hour, or even 45 minutes when he has to, compared to the three or four hours some tuners require. With one hand he moves quickly but efficiently down the keyboard of a piano, playing chords. Louiseville, we’re proud to be your local music store We’re committed to carrying on Miles Ahead Music’s important local musical legacy with private music lessons, instrument sales, rentals, and more We’re conveniently located in west Louisville east of I-264 on Lyndon Lane. George Stokes doesn't believe in wasted motion.