Then there was the piano teacher who called me out to check the tuning of another technician in the area. She started playing perfect fifths, C/G D/A E/B F/C (By then I guessed what was going to happen) G/D A/E she said all those sound fine. Then she played B/F and said the piano needed to be tuned better. I very bluntly informed her that she had no business calling herself a piano teacher, and that the last tuner did a fine job! Newton Hunt wrote: > My first tuning was in the home of hispanics, an old upright that needed > two tunings, which I did and it turned out quite nice, I thought, > considering it was my first paying customer. > > That night I got a call to the effect that it was out of tune. Rather > huffily I returned the next day and checked the tuning which was still > rather good. The husband, who played guitar, returned and played middle > C,D,E,F,G,A,A#,C. > > I then had the job of giving a music lesson on scales, which I did, but > only because I had been taught about scales at the school where I > learned piano technology. > > Once he understood where a B flat fitted he was happy with the tuning > and I was happy I didn't have to retune or untune the piano. > > Newton > nhunt@jagat.com
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