---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On 11-mrt-05, at 15:48, Piannaman@aol.com wrote: > > Phil, > =A0 > Another thing to factor in here might be frequency of tuning vs. power=20= > of the pianist.=A0 If you're doing high end work, odds are, the player=20= > is going to do his/her best to knock the piano out of=20 > tune(unintentionally, of course).=A0=A0I see it as a never ending = battle.=A0 > =A0 > Some of the teachers I tune for are REALLY strong players who break=20 > strings and knock the instruments out of tune, especially in the=20 > killer octave, with great regularity.=A0 What can I do about it?=A0 = Not=20 > much, I've decided, unless they have their pianos tuned with far more=20= > frequency than they do.=A0 Monthly would be good, or even more often. > =A0 > In attempting to emulate one of the players' in order to get a unison=20= > solid recently, I broke a string in the killer octave.=A0 That sure=20 > didn't do much for unison stability....;-{ > =A0 > I also think that Andre is right in that your ear's ability to be more=20= > discerning is hard at work here.=A0 > =A0 > Though I haven't heard your work, I'm certain that you do as good as=20= > job as possible in any given circumstance.=A0 That's really all you = can=20 > do. > =A0 > Dave Stahl I recognize what you guys are talking about : It has to do with endless tuning. At a certain moment your ears become=20= more sensitive, and this may seem nice, professionally speaking,=20 because you hear more. Because you hear more, you are beginning to listen in a different way=20 to your tuning work. Your unisons seem weird at a certain moment,=20 intervals seem to get a life of their own i.e. they seem more flexible=20= than before, listening to a tuning you just made makes you wonder=20 sometimes what you just did etc etc. It is a higher level of listening but also a more intensive way of=20 'digesting' sound. This is a tender moment, because two things are happening at the same=20 time : because of the endless daily repetition of sounds, we get more=20 and more 'professional'. Because we become more and more used to=20 working faster and especially working more 'economically', we are able=20= to spend less time on one instrument and thereby do one more tuning, or=20= sometimes even two more instruments. In other words : professionally speaking we get onto a higher plane of=20= efficiency and that means you 're getting better and better at what you=20= are doing. and that is nice because after many years of training and trying to be=20= very good, we come to a level where we are highly trained, and darn=20 good. At the same, our hearing gets more and more sensitive, and herein lies=20= a danger : especially real pro's should be aware of the danger,=20 patiently waiting for them, because if they know about it beforehand,=20 they can take precautions. I am talking about professional earplugs. Especially during this moment of professional high tide, the eras get=20 more and more sensitive and it is more than possible that at that=20 moment we cross a border. I myself have crossed that border a long time ago and that's exactly=20 why and how I know what I am talking about. The message here is : be happy with your new found hearing sensitivity,=20= but start to protect your ears immediately. 'EAR' friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek www.concertpianoservice.nl "Where music is no harm can be" ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3954 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/21/27/b3/29/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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