Why I'm the tuner and they aren't...

[hubert liverman]

MUZAK is good compared to a Early Morning Charismatic Gospel Hour Program.
If the music 'don't get you',the preaching will further test your
fortitude,and dedication to your career choice. The fact that it is being
played at mega volume on a AM portble radio to overcome the clash and
clatter of dishes,etc. is a given.

Hubert Liverman
> Favorite things come in threes, right?
>
> 1. This morning, I tuned my favorite PSO on campus. 42" console which
could
> be the poster child for flagpoling tuning pins. (Some bass pins are
showing
> ¼" of thread above the plate) Driving pins not advised because then all
the
> strings would walk up over the coils. Located in a basement coffee shop
> w/entertainment area (stage/dance floor). Humidity control non-existant
and
> pitch regularly varies between 435/444... today it was 433.1 Hz.
>
> 2. Cleaning person was vacuuming when I got there. No big deal with laptop
> based RCT and microphone dropped down into case.  When the vacuuming was
> finished, I was asked if I wanted all the light turned off.  Hmmm, let me
> see... 6AM/interior basement room... "Nah, leave them on, it's a little
> easier to see what I'm doing. Thanks"
>
> 3.  As I'm in the top octave of the fine tuning, the grill person comes in
> to get the place ready to open.  On comes the MUZAK, right above my
head(of
> course).
>
>
> Had to vent. Now, everybody back away from the water cooler, nice and
slow...
>
> Conrad
>
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