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moving as to pedal action and tuning.
They will also collect the payment due
and arrange for periodic servicing of
the instrument.
THE PERMANENT ACTION DAMP-PROOFER
"As pictured, these same two pianos
would have been considered as junk
by a good many tuners, but for a tun-
ing school, they represent a real find.
A single instrument in such a dilapi-
dated condition presents many of the
problems of repairing and regulating
that are encountered in pianos gener-
ally. The experience of having had a
part in bringing from the scrap heap
a piano to serviceable tonal and me-
chanical condition is both thrilling and
inspiring to every participant.
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IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR CIVILIAN USE
BUT—We are accepting orders now for immediate shipment
when available
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Trial orders (one unit only) can be supplied at once
Send M.O. or check with order
Learn How to Sell
"During the process of rejuvenating
an old piano for actual use in a home,
hall or school, the students ask ques-
tions on how to sell service jobs of
this kind, what to charge for specific
repairs, the cost of materials and how
to order them. Other practical ques-
tions deal with ways of doing repair
work in homes, how to transport ac-
tions and pianos to and from one's
shop or place of business. Last, but
not least, 'how can a fellow, especially
a blind person like myself, find enough
work to keep busy all through the
year?' The student's interest in the
course and in tuning as a vocation is
largely determined by the answers to
these and similar questions.
Single Unit (sufficient for I piano)—$2.50
R. J. APPLETON CO.
157 EAST 56th STREET
monizing the strings that determines
the perfection of the instrument or
the worth of the tuner; it's the busi-
ness of putting every part in proper
alignment and playing condition. This
total job is definitely easier for the
man with sight, but, I explain, you
can equal him in rendering total serv-
ive if you know your work thoroughly
and if you apply your knowledge wise-
ly and diligently.
"The average piano is composed of
approximately 7,500 parts, and of this
number there are only about 230
strings. It isn't just a matter of har-
Opening Sept 1st 1945
THE
Rockwell School of Tuning
CLEARFIELD, PA.
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Offering a 26-week course including all
phases of piano tuning and repairing
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MODERN EQUIPMENT IN MODERN FIREPROOF BUILDING —
EXPERT INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION — PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT
AND ECONOMICAL LIVING CONDITIONS
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Write today for Prospectus to
Rockwell School of Tuning
C. A. ROCKWELL
315 MARKET STREET
Phone: Cledrfield 309
28
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CLEARFIELD, PA.
BROOKLYN 3, NEW YORK
Tuners Banquet and Clinic
"An effective method for stimulating
self improvement, acquisition of new
ideas and methods, as well as profes-
sional ethics, is our Tuners' Banquet
and Clinic. This is held near the close
of the school year. The banquet dinner
is served by the school and the gay
program is given by the student tun-
ers with the instructor acting as 'tun-
ing master.' The graduate tuners re-
turn for the occasion as guests of the
student tuners. They are introduced
informally before the main program
and respond with brief remarks about
their experiences which have special
interest to the assembled guests. Spe-
cial guests include our superintendent,
faculty representatives, leading musi-
cians in the city and members of state
agencies for the adult blind. At the
close of the students' program there is
a talk by a piano dealer, sales man-
ager or tuner.
"On the morning following the ban-
quet, the graduates and senior tuners
nieet with the instructor in the tun-
ing shop where we hold our piano
clinic.
Twenty-one Graduated
"Since 1930 this school has gradu-
ated twenty-one tuners. One of them
did not follow it at all; ten have fol-
lowed it continuously since graduation,
and the other ten tuned from one to
five years as their chief means of live-
lihood before taking up other work
more suitable to them.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 1945