warning! long. Multiple pianos and pitchraising

[Joe & Penny Goss]

John,
you ask the list what we would do and I am sure there will be lots of
answers.
First I would call my psychologist and make an appointment to find out why
I had agreed to take on this task.
Second, having agreed to do it, call my doctor to make sure that they were
going to be available to treat me for another heart attack.
Third have my cell phone with me to call 911
Joe Goss
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> From: John R Fortiner <pianoserv440@juno.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: warning! long. Multiple pianos and pitchraising
> Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 5:18 PM
> 
> OK Dr. Coleman:	
> 	That situation sounds like a "kamikazi" tuning job ( the word "tuning"
> should be taken very lightly here) that I will have to do in about a
> month.  The school district will bring about 40 pianos to one high school
> starting at about 4:00pm.  I will have between then and the next morning
> to "tune" them.  I have an VTD ( thank goodness as it doesn't fatigue
> like my brain) and have done this before.  The only way I can see to do
> it is to allot X number of minutes per piano and hope for the best.  (
> That "X" is about 25 minutes per piano)  Anyway, being as you have been
> faced with this kind of situation I thought I would write and see what
> you would do - other than making sure that as many of the pianos as
> possible had been as well tuned as possible prior to their being moved. 
> Oh, and before you ask, the school district only wants one tuner doing
> the work.  It is a real shame as the pianos are to be used for District
> Music Festival where kids are going in for competition.  I do a quick
> tuning over the center of each instrument and then quickly check the
> unisons in the top 1 1/2 octave as well as the notes below C-3.  If you
> or anyone else reading this have/has any suggestions ( other than a test
> for sanity ) I would appreciate hearing from you.
> 
> John R. Fortiner
> Billings, MT.
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