Meet the "Lookerson's"

[Dean May]

I always encourage people to watch as long as they can stand it. I usually
get so focused on tuning that I forget they are even in the room. 

 

A couple of days ago I had a 19 year old girl who was fairly intelligent,
but a little clueless. She started "hearing" "sub-partials" and would let me
know if the note wasn't quite right. I just smiled and moved on, explaining
we can't tune all the partials equally the same, we can only hope to get two
or three to line up, and the rest is what gives the piano its unique sound,
or whatever else I could make up on the spot to keep her thinking she was
hearing a design feature. 

 

Dean

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Terre Haute IN  47802

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
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Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:03 PM
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Subject: Meet the "Lookerson's"

 

It's only 5 weeks into the new year, and already I've met several
"Lookerson's".   There was John and Bev, along with kids Chris and Val, who
all sat down on the couch to watch me tune.  The kids soon tired of it, but
not John and Bev, who stared at me through the whole tuning.   Then there
was Ned Lookerson, who pulled up a chair to the left side of the piano and
stared at me for the whole tuning.   And lets not forget Allan Lookerson,
who stood just behind my left shoulder, clearing his throat every 30
seconds.   After 15 min of that I had to ask him to move.  And finally, Cat
Lookerson (a real cat) who rested on top of the pin block and pawed at the
hammers as I tuned.    The Lookerson's.  The most common name in piano
tuning.  They will watch you.....you can hear them breathe....coming to a
tuning near you........  :-D
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mex/grin.gif>   Bob.

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