Thank you, William. The customer has to have some semblance of what we are referring to. Just like we talk about rain to kids and precipitation to adults. Same thing,. James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups (314) 608-4137 WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "William R. Monroe" <A440WRMPiano@tm.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 7:33 PM Subject: Re: Help with "bad" tuning...need help > In James defense, I sometimes use % as well with my clients. It is often > simpler for them to get a grip on how far out of tune a piano is with > percentages rather than "cents". You know, they get all wigged out with > these fancy technical terms. For whatever reason, I have more success > explaining to my clients that A is 75% of the way to G#. However, with > other technicians, I see every reason to stick with cents, as at least we > all know what we're referring to - even if we don't understand how to > derive > the value :-). > > William R. Monroe > Madison, WI > Assoc. > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 6:00 PM > Subject: Re: Help with "bad" tuning...need help > > >> Hi James, >> >> Why not just use cents? It would be simpler. >> >> At 04:07 PM 15/12/2004 -0600, you wrote: >> >OK, what if we say 50% down to the next adjacent note. >> >James Grebe >> >> Regards, >> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. >> Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat >> >> mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ >> >> 3004 Grant Rd. >> REGINA, SK >> S4S 5G7 >> 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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