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OK, I have been persuaded by friends, customers  and family members that there are actually people out there besides other piano tuners who might be interested in the musings of someone who has been tuning and repairing pianos for 43 plus years. 

I have enjoyed being a piano tuner.  I get up every morning looking forward to my day.  Piano tuning combines my interest and love of music with my interest in working with my hands.  I have always enjoyed making models and constructing things.  Sometimes I have needed to design and make my own parts.  My wife says I should have been an engineer.  Piano work has combined all my interests and so has never become boring.   Each piano is unique and has its own personality of sound, looks and feel.  I enjoy the challenge of bringing out each one's best potential.  

Actually I just now thought of something that is boring.  It is when I used to do institutional tuning and stayed in the same building all day, going from piano to piano with no interaction with the outside world.  That I did not enjoy.

I love meeting people and seeing how and where they live.  We live in such a beautiful area and I get to know all the back roads and scenic spots as I travel from home to home.  And I've had some of the same customers for 40 years and they have become like family.  I'm seeing some of the 3rd generation now. 

I also get to indulge my love of photography as I travel from appointment to appointment.  I always have a camera with me and at this time of year, am looking forward to the fall colors.  If you check out my photo website - currently www.jhjphoto.com (we are working on a new one) you can see examples of my professional photo work.