Greetings Issac- a Death tuner? No wonder business is slow for me! I did have a customer say the very same thing once; she asked if it was ok to put the washing machine on; because her last tuner was deaf, and tuned by vibration! The piano certainly sounded like the last tuner was deaf, although this is impossible- people get confused between deaf and blind. Regards --- Original Message ----- From: "Isaac sur Noos" <oleg-i@noos.fr> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 7:57 AM Subject: RE: deaf piano tuner > You can tune octaves and unisons by feel (in some parts of the scale), > but never know for sure if you where hearing or not - only forcing me > to not listen. Could a death tuner recognize beat rates by this > process, why not up to some point but that may no be very precise > considering all the false beats and noise involved. > > Death (and blind) people develop a sense of touch to a point we don't > imagine only close your eyes while tuning and you will know what I > mean. > > nuth to say hammers may be good enough for that to work. > > A pianist have described me how he've seen once, in a very little town > in Italy, a couple of tuners, a very old one and a young one, then the > older one was holding the tuning hammer but was not hearing correctly, > and the younger stay aside, saying him "Basta !" when the note was at > pitch ! (tales of the other side) > > Back to that black poly polishing (I like that dust to the most !) > > Cheers > > Isaac OLEG > > Entretien et reparation de pianos. > > PianoTech > 17 rue de Choisy > 94400 VITRY sur SEINE > FRANCE > tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98 > fax : 033 01 47 18 06 90 > cell: 06 60 42 58 77 > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la > > part de Robin Hufford > > Envoye : jeudi 24 juillet 2003 08:05 > > A : Pianotech > > Objet : Re: deaf piano tuner > > > > > > Personally, I don't believe any person could in fact tune a piano by > > "vibrations", even if that person himself thought so, and > > that this is too > > incredible to believe. I use the word incredible to > > maintain the decorum of the > > list. > > Regards, Robin Hufford > > > > "Elian Degen J." wrote: > > > > > If I remember well I think he only had two hands, do not > > recall seing the > > > third one, But he did feel something and manage to tune a > > couple of notes to > > > show me, and he was travelling with an interpreter, he > > did a couple of notes > > > on the piano I was tuning, and for obvious resons I did > > not have a long > > > conversation with him. Cannot tell you more > > > > > > Elian > > > > > > I did remember, I met him at Hotel Lido in Caracas, > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> > > > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 18:53 > > > Subject: Re: deaf piano tuner > > > > > > > > > > > >Sorry Richard > > > > >but it seems it is true > > > > > > > > > >I did meet one long time ago in Venezuela, he was at a > > hotel visiting, I > > > > >do not remember from where, I do remember he mentioned > > he used to be a > > > > >piano tuner and he lost his hearing, and he showed me > > how he could feel > > > > >vibes with the palm of your hand. It is impressive, > > and now I know it is > > > > >possible, I do not know if I could do it though > > > > > > > > > >Elian Degen > > > > > > > > > > > > Let's see. One hand on the tuning hammer, the other on > > the keys, and the > > > > other feeling for vibrations? Must be a graduate of the > > area 51 school of > > > > piano technology, Andromeda division. > > > > > > > > Ron N > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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