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On 13-feb-05, at 1:57, Cy Shuster wrote:

> I love tuning for people here in southern West Virginia.=A0 They're=20
> down-to-earth, and a lot more sophisticated than you might expect.=A0=20=

> Very much into music: churches with a dozen instruments in the=20
> sanctuary (guitars, drums, keyboards).
> =A0
> However, I've found different ways of expressing concepts, especially=20=

> since there's so much familiarity with guitars.=A0 For example, =
instead=20
> of "100 cents flat", I just say "It's a fret low".=A0 Instead of "a=20
> piano has between 220 and 250 strings", I say "tuning a piano is like=20=

> tuning 40 guitars".=A0 That one even got my attention!=A0 Since=A0I =
always=20
> make at least two passes, one tuning's the equivalent of 80 guitars --=20=

> 120 with a pitch raise!=A0 To describe a pitch raise, I give the =
example=20
> of moving a house to a new foundation.=A0 If one corner was way low =
and=20
> you jacked it up, something else would get thrown out as a result, so=20=

> you'd have to go around once to get it close before trying to make the=20=

> floors really level.
> =A0
> Instead of "tuning pins pressed into a laminated pinblock", I say=20
> "they're nailed into holes drilled into butcher block", or I use the=20=

> example of violin pegs with a friction fit instead of guitar tuners=20
> with gears.=A0 "Delamination" is "like kitchen chairs coming unglued =
in=20
> wintertime".=A0 I often take off the bottom cabinet panel on uprights=20=

> and point out the similarities to a guitar: strings terminating at the=20=

> rim, running over a bridge.
> =A0
> What I like the best is still to check out a piano, and when they ask=20=

> me how bad it is, saying simply "It's a fret low".
> =A0
> --Cy Shuster--
> Bluefield, West By God Virginia
> =A0
> =A0
>

Very nice post Cy!
great!  (;

friendly greetings
from
Andr=E9 Oorebeek

www.concertpianoservice.nl

"Where music is no harm can be"



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