User:David Bartenstein

About myself:
David Bartenstein in a nutshell: I'm a relatively young pianotechnician from Utrecht, The Netherlands with an interest in harmonies, jazz / blues, the outdoors, art, webdesign, physics, and martial arts.

I've had a huge list of jobs in the past, not matching my age, that include:
 * transporting funghii and parasites to different cooling cells at a laboratory
 * constructing a temporary orthodox russian chapel next to the dutch freeway (as part of an art project for G.A.N.G. in Arnhem, The Netherlands)
 * handing out free christmas trees as part of a campaign launched by a dutch insurance company
 * cleaning holiday cabins
 * handing out heartshaped candy and balloons dressed as a steltwalking valentinesday man (Silk hat, red and white costume)
 * making furniture for a big dutch franchise concern
 * cleaning out transporting chutes for a huge international clothing distribution company on my own in the middle of the night
 * loading trucks with carpet rolls at a distribution center
 * constructing and deconstructing decors, tents, and podia for festivals in and around the Netherlands working for De Markies Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
 * designing and embedding grafiti logo's for a few smal companies on walls / floors
 * transporting flowers, plants, and trees for Planta Groencentrum a gardening wholesale business in De Bilt (the Netherlands)

These are just some random highlights but the list contains over 55 jobs. Note that it wasn't always by choice that I had to engage in all of these different employements, but nevertheless I enjoyed most of it. Finally some 7 years ago I found my calling: piano's. After working for a piano company for a year and a half I enrolled in the school for pianotechnicians in Amsterdam, and after three years of education and internship, and gathering all the knowledge about these instruments I could find, I graduated. Currently I'm focusing on my own company for which I also build a website myself, and along the way adding some webdesign / SEO to my professions. You can find more information about my piano company (in the dutch language) at www.bartensteinpiano.nl There are a few very interesting inventions in the world of pianotechnicians that I'm particularly interested in: I feel that combining these techniques/new parts in skilled hands will in most cases result in a legendary grand piano.
 * Precision Touch Design
 * Magnetic Balanced Action
 * Phoenix bridge agrafs