One Thing For Spectacular Regulation w/ Hosts David Andersen And Eathan Janney
Have you ever wondered if there's one thing that will make your regulation work spectacular? Today you're in luck because our co-host David Andersen talks about exactly that.
According to David, the one thing you need to do is find a protocol that you can settle on, develop, and get better at. You can develop a protocol for setting repetitions, setting a drop, setting off--a protocol for every single regulation step, and more. "Do it the same way and do it in a way that is fun and easy for you," says David.
It should be fun and simple--fun and yet challenging at times.
This concept applies even more specifically to the newer tuners who are just navigating their life as piano techs. What if you just can't get confident enough to even get started with tasks that seem insurmountable, like a full-action regulation? If you are afraid of regulation or procrastinate on regulating pianos just because it's tough… you need to just do it and tackle your fear. Having a protocol will help you focus on the task and less on the voices in your head distracting you. "Getting better at things when they are out of your typical practice is tough. But you're not going to learn what you don't know until you start doing that thing."
Tune into this episode and learn more about what David, Carl Lieberman, and the rest of our participants think works best for them while regulating a piano.
Here’s a little bit about our hosts:
According to David, the one thing you need to do is find a protocol that you can settle on, develop, and get better at. You can develop a protocol for setting repetitions, setting a drop, setting off--a protocol for every single regulation step, and more. "Do it the same way and do it in a way that is fun and easy for you," says David.
It should be fun and simple--fun and yet challenging at times.
This concept applies even more specifically to the newer tuners who are just navigating their life as piano techs. What if you just can't get confident enough to even get started with tasks that seem insurmountable, like a full-action regulation? If you are afraid of regulation or procrastinate on regulating pianos just because it's tough… you need to just do it and tackle your fear. Having a protocol will help you focus on the task and less on the voices in your head distracting you. "Getting better at things when they are out of your typical practice is tough. But you're not going to learn what you don't know until you start doing that thing."
Tune into this episode and learn more about what David, Carl Lieberman, and the rest of our participants think works best for them while regulating a piano.
Here’s a little bit about our hosts:
David Andersen:
David Andersen, owner of David Andersen pianos in Los Angeles has been a professional musician, recording artist, and piano technician/consultant for nearly four decades. He has overseen the restoration and maintenance of hundreds of Steinway and Mason & Hamlin pianos during that time. Beginning in 1975 he apprenticed for two and a half years under Jack Cofer in Atlanta, Georgia; during the 1980s he studied at Steinway facilities both in New York and London.
Eathan Janney:
Eathan has 20 years of experience as a piano technician. He studied with Dave Miller, the staff piano technician for the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Dave Carpenter, the inventor of the Verituner electronic tuning device, provided mentorship for Eathan in Chicago. Eathan also worked with Ken Eschete and Bill Schwarts, the staff piano technicians at Northwestern University in Chicago.
In 2009, he founded Floating Piano Factory of New York, a company that allows piano technicians to move from Apprentice to Craftsman level while offering value pricing to clients as technicians progress toward mastery. In 2017 he founded Piano Technicians Masterclasses, an online project designed to offer cutting-edge instruction from piano industry masters to anyone on the globe with an internet connection.
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Creators and Guests
Host
David Andersen
David Andersen, owner of David Andersen pianos in Los Angeles has been a professional musician, recording artist, and piano technician/consultant for nearly four decades. He has overseen the restoration and maintenance of hundreds of Steinway and Mason & Hamlin pianos during that time. Beginning in 1975 he apprenticed for two and a half years under Jack Cofer in Atlanta, Georgia; during the 1980s he studied at Steinway facilities both in New York and London.
Host
Eathan Janney
Eathan has 20 years of experience as a piano technician. He studied with Dave Miller, the staff piano technician for the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Dave Carpenter, the inventor of the Verituner electronic tuning device, provided mentorship for Eathan in Chicago. Eathan also worked with Ken Eschete and Bill Schwarts, the staff piano technicians at Northwestern University in Chicago. In 2009, he founded Floating Piano Factory of New York, a company that allows piano technicians to move from Apprentice to Craftsman level while offering value pricing to clients as technicians progress toward mastery. In 2017 he founded Piano Technicians Masterclasses, an online project designed to offer cutting-edge instruction from piano industry masters to anyone on the globe with an internet connection.